This is
a rate option rider available to members who are on kW demand rates
and are capable of interrupting at least 1,000 kW or more upon
request. Interruptions are voluntary on the part of the member.
Credits for interruptions occur only when actual interruptions occur
and vary with market prices.
A. Standard Rider - This Voluntary Interruptible Service is a rider
to Rate Schedules 2,2A,8,9,10,11,12,and 13.
B. Applicable - to the entire territory served. No interruptible
demand which is already under contract under any other Interruptible
Rider is eligible for this service.
C. Available - This schedule shall be made available to any load
center, to any cooperative member where an ultimate "Customer" is
capable of interrupting at least 1,000 kW upon request and has
contracted with the Cooperative to do so under a retail contract
rider.
D. Conditions of Service
1) Any request for interruption under this Rider shall be made by
the Cooperative.
2) Each interruption will be strictly voluntary.
3) No responsibility of any kind shall attach to the Cooperative
for, or on the account of, any loss or damage caused by, or
resulting from, any interruption or curtailment of this service.
4) The Customer shall agree by contract to own , operate, and
maintain all necessary equipment for receiving electric energy and
all telemetering and communications equipment, within the Customer's
premises, required for interruptible service.
5) It is the Cooperative's responsibility to notify the Customer and
execute an interruption request. Therefore, the Cooperative and the
Customer shall mutually agree upon the manner by which the
Cooperative shall notify the Customer of a request for interruption.
Such an agreement shall include the means by which the Cooperative
shall communicate the interruption request (e.g. e-mail, phone,
pager,etc.) and the Customer's point of contact to receive such a
request.
6) The Cooperative will attempt to provide as much advance notice as
possible for requests for interruption. However, upon the Customer's
acceptance of the Terms of Interruption, the Customer's load shall
be interrupted with as little as one (1) hour of advance
notification.
7) The Cooperative reserves the right to require verification of a
Customer's ability to interrupt its load.
8) The Customer is not eligible for the Interruption Credits for any
interruption when the Customer's interruptible load is down for
other reasons during the period of the requested interruption. Such
down time would include any event outside of the Customer's normal
operating circumstances such as planned or unplanned outages due to
renovation, repair, vacation, refurbishment, renovation, strike, or
force majeure.
E. Interruptible Customer Data Report
The Customer shall furnish to the Cooperative an Interruptible
Customer Data Report. Such a report shall include information such
as:
1) The maximum number of hours per day and the time of day that the
Customer has the ability to interrupt.
2) The maximum number of days and the maximum number of consecutive
days that the Customer has the ability to interrupt.
3) The maximum interruptible demand and the minimum interruptible
demand by the Customer upon request.
4) The minimum price at which each Customer is willing to interrupt.
F. Demand and Energy Interruption
The Customer will agree by contract, within an agreed time after
receiving notice, to comply to the extent possible with the
Cooperative's request to interrupt load.
The Cooperative is the sole judge of the need for interruption of
load. The Cooperative is the sole judge of the amount of
interruptible demand provided by the Customer, based on the
following calculation:
The average of the integrated fifteen-minute demand for the two
hours prior to the hour immediately preceding the call for
interruption will be used as the basis for establishing the existing
demand level. The hourly interruptible demands for each customer
will be the difference between the existing demand level and the
actual demand measured during each hour of the interruption period.
The interrupted energy of each interruption period shall be the sum
of the hourly interrupted demands. These type of interruptions will
cover a period of no more than six hours.
For interruptions longer than six hours in duration, the Customer's
average load usage for the same hours as the interruption hours in
the two preceding business days prior to the day of notice will be
used as the basis for determining the demand level for interruption.
The average hourly usage for these business days, based on the
average integrated fifteen minute demand intervals, minus the actual
load during the interruption period will equal the amount of
interruptible load. The interrupted energy of each interruption
period shall be the sum of the hourly interrupted demands.
G. Terms of Interruption
For each interruption request, the Cooperative shall identify the
Customer to be interrupted. The Cooperative shall inform the
Customer of an interruption request in accordance with the agreed
upon method of notification. The Terms of Interruption shall include
the following:
1) The time at which each interruption shall begin is to be
established by the Cooperative. At least one (1) hour of advance
notice of each request for interruption shall be provided by the
Cooperative.
2) The duration in clock hours of the interruption request is to be
established by the Cooperative.
3) The price and the potential savings - this savings will be
determined by the Cooperative on a case-by-case basis and will be
based on a percentage of the market price of power at the time of
the interruption.
4) The Customer shall specify:
a. The maximum demand in kW that will be interrupted.
b. The maximum firm demand that the Customer will purchase through
the Cooperative during the interruption.
H. Interruption Credits
The interruption credit for each interruption period shall be equal
to the interrupted energy kWh times the amount by which the quoted
price for each interruption exceeds the Customer's regular tariff
rate. The sum of the interruption credits for the billing month will
be allocated as follows:
The interruption credit to the Customer shall be equal to the
product of the interrupted energy multiplied by the interruption
price for each interruption.
I. Failure to Interrupt
For those Customers failing to interrupt a minimum of 80% of their
agreed amount of interruptible load of 5,000 kW or greater, an
excess energy charge will be applicable. This excess energy is equal
to the difference of 80% of the interruptible load minus the
interrupted load. Excess energy shall be charged to the Customer at
a price equal to 125% of the interruption price plus the standard
rate applicable to this load.
J. Term
The minimum original contract period shall be one (1) year and shall
remain in effect thereafter until either party provides to the other
at least thirty (30) days previous written notice.
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For
further information on how the Cooperative can assist you, contact:
Brian Linder, Manager of Key
Accounts
Owen Electric Cooperative
8205 HWY 127 N
PO Box 400
Owenton, KY 40359
(502)-563-3542
Toll-Free 1-800-372-7612 |
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