CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

AN ORDINANCE relating to the rates, terms and conditions for the use and sale of electricity supplied by the City Light Department, amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 21.49 to add a First Avenue South Phase 2 undergrounding charge, applied to all City of Burien rate schedules.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the franchise granted by Ordinance 247 of the City of Burien and accepted by The City of Seattle by Ordinance 119348, the City Light Department provides electric service to customers in the City of Burien; and

WHEREAS, under the terms of that franchise, the City Light Department may recover the capital cost of required undergrounding of its electrical facilities through increased rates to Burien customers; and

WHEREAS, the City of Burien required the City Light Department to underground its electrical facilities in connection with Burien's First Avenue South project; and

WHEREAS, the second phase of that undergrounding was completed in 2013; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 123988, passed September 17, 2012, and codified in Chapter 21.49 of the Seattle Municipal Code, set the rates currently in effect for electric service to customers in the City of Burien; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 21.49.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 123988, is amended as follows:

21.49.030 Residential rates (Schedules RSC, RST, RSS, RSH, and RSB).

A. Schedules RSC, RST, RSS, RSH, and RSB are for all separately metered residential services, except those subject to Schedules REC, RET, RES, REH, REB, RLC, RLT, RLS, RLH, and RLB.

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Schedule RSB (Residential: Burien)

Schedule RSB is for residential Burien customers, except those subject to Schedules REB and RLB.

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012:

Energy Charges:

Summer Billing Cycles (April - September)

First 10 kWh per day at 5.10 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 10.25 cents per kWh

Winter Billing Cycles (October - March)

First 16 kWh per day at 5.10 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 10.25 cents per kWh

Base Service Charge:

11.92 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cents per kWh

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013:

Energy Charges:

Summer Billing Cycles (April - September)

First 10 kWh per day at 4.77 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 10.82 cents per kWh

Winter Billing Cycles (October - March)

First 16 kWh per day at 4.77 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 10.82 cents per kWh

Base Service Charge:

15.70 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cents per kWh

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014:

Energy Charges:

Summer Billing Cycles (April - September)

First 10 kWh per day at 5.11 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 11.51 cents per kWh

Winter Billing Cycles (October - March)

First 16 kWh per day at 5.11 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 11.51 cents per kWh

Base Service Charge:

16.07 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cents per kWh

First Avenue South 2 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.13 cents per kWh

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Section 2. Section 21.49.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 123988, is amended as follows:

21.49.040 Residential rate assistance (Schedules REC, RET, RES, REH, REB, RLC, RLT, RLS, RLH, and RLB).

A. Schedules REC, RET, RES, REH, REB, RLC, RLT, RLS, RLH, and RLB are available to qualified low-income residential customers.

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Schedules REB (Residential Elderly: Burien) and RLB (Residential Low-Income: Burien)

Schedules REB and RLB are available for separately metered residential service provided to Burien customers who show satisfactory proof that they have a City Light residential account and reside in the dwelling unit where the account is billed and that they:

1. For Schedule RLB, receive Supplemental Security Income pursuant to 42 USC Sections 1381 - 1383; or

2. For Schedule RLB and REB, reside in a household in which the annual income of all household members together does not exceed 70 percent of the Washington State median income for the number of individuals in the household as computed annually by the state or the City.

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012:

Energy Charges:

Summer Billing Cycles (April - September)

First 10 kWh per day at 2.32 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 3.82 cents per kWh

Winter Billing Cycles (October - March)

First 16 kWh per day at 2.32 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 3.82 cents per kWh

Base Service Charge:

5.97 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.15 cent per kWh

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013:

Energy Charges:

Summer Billing Cycles (April - September)

First 10 kWh per day at 2.06 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 4.01 cents per kWh

Winter Billing Cycles (October - March)

First 16 kWh per day at 2.06 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 4.01 cents per kWh

Base Service Charge:

6.28 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.15 cent per kWh

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014:

Energy Charges:

Summer Billing Cycles (April - September)

First 10 kWh per day at 2.19 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 4.27 cents per kWh

Winter Billing Cycles (October - March)

First 16 kWh per day at 2.19 cents per kWh

All additional kWh per day at 4.27 cents per kWh

Base Service Charge:

6.43 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.15 cent per kWh

First Avenue South 2 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.05 cents per kWh

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Section 3. Section 21.49.052 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 123988, is amended to read as follows:

SMC 21.49.052 Small general service (Schedules SMC, SMT, SMS, SMH, SMB, and SMD).

A. Small general service is general service provided to customers who are not demand metered or, if demand metered, have had in the previous calendar year more than half of their normal billings at less than 50 kW of maximum demand. Classification of new customers as small general service customers will be based on the Department's estimate of maximum demand in the current year. Customers who are assigned flat rate bills shall be charged according to Small general service rates.

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Schedule SMB (Small General Service: Burien)

Schedule SMB is for small standard general service provided to Burien customers.

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012:

Energy Charges:

All energy at 7.22 cents per kWh

Minimum Charge:

28.00 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cent per kWh

Discounts:

Transformer losses in kWh --

.53285 x*kW + .00002 x *kW^2 + .00527 x *kWh

Transformer investment --

$0.26 per kW of monthly maximum demand

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013:

Energy Charges:

All energy at 7.28 cents per kWh

Minimum Charge:

26.00 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cent per kWh

Discounts:

Transformer losses in kWh --

.53285 x*kW + .00002 x *kW^2 + .00527 x *kWh

Transformer investment --

$0.23 per kW of monthly maximum demand

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014:

Energy Charges:

All energy at 7.67 cents per kWh

Minimum Charge:

27.00 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cent per kWh

First Avenue South 2 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.13 cents per kWh

Discounts:

Transformer losses in kWh --

.53285 x*kW + .00002 x *kW^2 + .00527 x *kWh

Transformer investment --

$0.24 per kW of monthly maximum demand

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Section 4. Subsection 21.49.055.A of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 123988, is amended to read as follows:

SMC 21.49.055 Medium general service (Schedules MDC, MDT, MDS, MDH, MDB, and MDD)

A. Medium general service is general service provided to customers who have in the previous calendar year half or more than half of their normal billings at 50 kW of maximum demand or greater and have more than half of their normal billings at less than 1,000 kW of maximum demand. Classification of new customers will be based on the Department's estimate of maximum demand in the current year.

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Schedule MDB (Medium Standard General Service: Burien)

Schedule MDB is for medium standard general service provided to Burien customers.

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012:

Energy Charges:

All energy at 6.33 cents per kWh

Demand Charges:

All kW of maximum demand at $1.26 per kW

Minimum Charge (to be charged when the Department's billing system is updated to include it):

73.00 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cents per kWh

Discounts:

Transformer losses in kWh --

1756 + .53285 x* kW + .00002 x kW^2 + .00527 x *kWh

Transformer investment --

$0.26 per kW of monthly maximum demand

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013:

Energy Charges:

All energy at 6.03 cents per kWh

Demand Charges:

All kW of maximum demand at $2.13 per kW

Minimum Charge (to be charged when the Department's billing system is updated to include it):

62.00 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cents per kWh

Discounts:

Transformer losses in kWh --

1756 + .53285 x* kW + .00002 x kW^2 + .00527 x *kWh

Transformer investment --

$0.23 per kW of monthly maximum demand

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014:

Energy Charges:

All energy at 6.36 cents per kWh

Demand Charges:

All kW of maximum demand at $2.18 per kW

Minimum Charge (to be charged when the Department's billing system is updated to include it):

63.00 cents per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cents per kWh

First Avenue South 2 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.13 cents per kWh

Discounts:

Transformer losses in kWh --

1756 + .53285 x* kW + .00002 x kW^2 + .00527 x *kWh

Transformer investment --

$0.24 per kW of monthly maximum demand

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Section 5. Subsection 21.49.057.A of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 123988, is amended to read as follows:

SMC 21.49.057 Large general service (Schedules LGC, LGT, LGS, LGH, LGD and LGB)

A. Large general service is network general service provided to customers who have in the previous calendar year half or more than half of their normal billings at 1,000 kW of maximum demand or greater, and also standard general service provided to customers who have in the previous calendar year half or more than half of their normal billings at 1,000 kW of maximum demand or greater and have more than half of their normal billings at less than 10,000 kW of maximum demand. Classification of new customers will be based on the Department's estimate of maximum demand in the current year.

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Schedule LGB (Large Standard General Service: Burien)

Schedule LGB is for large standard general service provided to Burien customers.

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012:

Energy Charges:

Peak at 7.27 cents per kWh

Off-peak at 4.91 cents per kWh

Demand Charges:

Peak at $0.98 per kW

Off-peak at $0.26 per kW

Minimum Charge:

$34.21 per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cent per kWh

Discounts:

Transformer losses in kWh --

1756 + .53285 x *kW + .00002 x *kW^2 + .00527 x *kWh

Transformer investment --

$0.26 per kW of monthly maximum demand

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013:

Energy Charges:

Peak at 7.20 cents per kWh

Off-peak at 4.80 cents per kWh

Demand Charges:

Peak at $1.52 per kW

Off-peak at $0.23 per kW

Minimum Charge:

$16.39 per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cent per kWh

Discounts:

Transformer losses in kWh --

1756 + .53285 x *kW + .00002 x *kW^2 + .00527 x *kWh

Transformer investment --

$0.23 per kW of monthly maximum demand

RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014:

Energy Charges:

Peak at 7.47 cents per kWh

Off-peak at 4.98 cents per kWh

Demand Charges:

Peak at $1.52 per kW

Off-peak at $0.24 per kW

Minimum Charge:

$16.77 per meter per day

First Avenue South 1 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.37 cent per kWh

First Avenue South 2 Undergrounding Charge:

All kWh at 0.13 cents per kWh

Discounts:

Transformer losses in kWh --

1756 + .53285 x *kW + .00002 x *kW^2 + .00527 x *kWh

Transformer investment --

$0.24 per kW of monthly maximum demand

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Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

Passed by the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2013, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this

_____ day of ___________________, 2013.

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President __________of the City Council

Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2013.

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Michael McGinn, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2013.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)

Paula Laschober SCL 2014 Burien First Avenue South 2 ORD July 19, 2013 Version #1