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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20240515Final Approved Tariffs.pdf Tenth Revision Sheet 51 B IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Canceling Approved Effective I P U.0 No.28 Ninth Revision Sheet 51 B May 15, 2024 51 BMay 15, 2024 AVISTA CORPORATION Per ON 36182 dba Avista Utilities Monica Barrios-Sanchez Secretary SCHEDULE 51 - continued When two or more Customers apply concurrently for service from the same Line Extension, each will receive an Allowance up to their proportion of the Basic and Exceptional Cost of the line extension. Allowances shall be granted only against the Basic and Exceptional Cost of the current project and not against any part of an earlier or future extension. The Allowance will be equal to the Basic and Exceptional Cost or the applicable amount listed below, whichever is less. MAXIMUM ALLOWANCE Schedule 1 individual Customer $2.475 per unit Schedule 1 duplex $1 980 per unit Schedule 1 multiplex $1 ,490 per unit EXCEPTION: The Company will not grant an immediate Allowance if the Company, in its sole judgement, determines that the load: a) is less than 2500 kWh per year, or b) will be in service less than five years. A mobile home will not qualify for an Allowance until it has permanent connections to both water service and either a sewer or septic system. If such connections are made within five years after the completion of the line extension, the Company will, at that time, refund the Basic and Exceptional Cost or the amount of the Allowance in effect at the time of the line construction, whichever is less. The Customer must apply for the refund before the line extension becomes six years old. Issued March 29, 2024 Effective May 15, 2024 Issued t)y Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs Twenty-Sixth Revision Sheet 51 E IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Canceling Approved Effective I.P.U.C. No.28 Twenty-Fifth Revision Sheet 51 E May 15, 2024 51 EMay 15, 2024 AVISTA CORPORATION Per ON 36182 dba Avista Utilities Monica Barrios-Sanchez Secretary SCHEDULE 51 - continued 5) "Share of Previous Extension" applies only to Primary Circuits less than five years old. If part of a previous line extension is used to serve a new Customer, the new Customer must pay a share of the previous Primary Circuit cost and Transformer cost, if shared, to the Company before the start of construction. The amount paid by the new Customer will be refunded to existing Customers in relation to their share of the Primary Circuit and Transformer. if shared. The Company will refund appropriate shares to the bearers of Extension Certificates when the Certificates are presented for payment and the connection of the subsequent Customer has been verified. The Company will make a reasonable attempt to inform the bearer of the Certificate when a refund is due. Bearers of Extension Certificates must apply for refunds before the original line extension becomes six years old. Unclaimed refunds will be returned to the contributor. EXAMPLE: 1. First Customer pays $13,480 for 1,000 feet of primary underground circuit ($13.48 per foot). 2. Second Customer takes service within five years using 600 feet of the original extension. 3. Both Customers share the first 600 feet equally: 600 ft x $13.48/ft x '/z = $4,044. 4. The Second Customer's payment of $4.044, will be refunded to the First Customer to reduce his investment in the 600 feet to $4,044. The First Customer's investment in the remaining 400 feet remains at $5,392. ($13,480-$4,044-$4,044=$5,392) EXCEPTION: If the refund to an existing Customer is less than $100 each, the new Customer will not be required to pay that share and the existing Customer will not receive a refund. Issued March 29, 2024 Effective May 15, 2024 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar. Director of Regulatory Affairs Twenty-Fifth Revision Sheet 51 F IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Canceling Approved Effective I.P.U.C. No.28 Twenty-Fourth Revision Sheet 51F May 15, 2024 51 FMay 15, 2024 AVISTA CORPORATION Per ON 36182 dba Avista Utilities Monica Barrios-Sanchez Secretary SCHEDULE 51 - continued 4. RULES AND CHARGES FOR UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL LOTS a. A development is a group of neighboring undeveloped lots separated by no more than streets and under the ownership or legal control of a single party as determined by the Company. Both the General Rules and the following rules apply to line extensions within residential developments. b. Before Company facilities will be installed, the developer must submit a written application for service, a copy of the plat as approved by the governing agency depicting dedicated utility easements approved by the serving utilities and must pay an extension cost to the Company which is computed as follows. Basic and Exceptional Cost + Customer-Requested Costs - Cost Reductions (one) Design Fee of $150 (if paid) extension cost within development + cost of extension to development + Share of Previous Extension extension cost 1) "Basic and Exceptional Cost" will be computed from the following rate per lot when the Development serves single phase loads, has at least six lots and the average frontage is no more than 175 feet per lot. The Basic and Exceptional Cost includes the cost of the Primary Circuit, the Transformer and the Secondary Circuit in the utility easement or public right-of- way, but does not include the Service Circuit from the point of connection with the Secondary Circuit to the Point of Delivery. Developments: $2,833 per Lot Issued March 29, 2024 Effective May 15, 2024 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar. Director of Regulatory Affairs Twenty-Sixth Revision Sheet 51G IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Canceling Approved Effective IPUC No 28 Twenty-Fifth Revision Sheet 51 G May 15, 2024 51 GMay 15, 2024 AVISTA CORPORATION Per ON 36182 dba Avista Utilities Monica Barrios-Sanchez Secretary SCHEDULE 51 - continued The Basic and Exceptional Cost for all other Developments will be computed from the rates listed in this Schedule for Service Circuits, Secondary Circuits, Transformers and Primary Circuits. 2) "Cost Reductions, "Customer-Requested Costs. and "Share of Previous Extension" are described under Rules for Individual Customers. 3) "Extension to development" is the line extension between the Company's existing energized electric facilities and the boundary of the development. The Rules for Individual Customers apply to the extension to the development. C. In lieu of a cash payment of the Basic and Exceptional Cost in a Development, the Company will accept a letter of credit, a contractor's performance bond, or another credit instrument agreeable to the Company for $2,833 per lot upon execution of a written agreement with the Developer. The agreement shall prescribe the requirements for such a credit instrument and shall permit the face amount of the instrument to be reduced annually as new customers are connected within the Development. The Developer will provide ditching within the Development. d. Prior to the installation of the Service Circuit to each single-family residence in a development, the home builder will be required to make a non-refundable cash payment to the Company of $883 per residence. There will be no charge to the builder for the installation of the Service Circuit to serve a duplex or multiplex dwelling. e. A Developer who pays the extension cost described in 4.b.1) may apply for a refund annually for each permanent Customer connected within the Development during the first five years from the start of construction after the extension is completed. The Company will make a reasonable attempt to inform the bearer of the certificate when a refund is due. The Company will pay the refund to the bearer of the Extension Certificate when it is presented to the Company for payment and the connection of the permanent Customer has been verified_ Issued March 29, 2024 Effective May 15, 2024 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs Twenty-Fourth Revision Sheet 51 H IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Canceling Approved Effective I.P.U.C, No.28 Twenty-Third Revision Sheet 51H May 15, 2024 51HMay 15, 2024 AVISTA CORPORATION Per ON 36182 dba Avista Utilities Monica Barrios-Sanchez Secretary SCHEDULE 51 - continued For Developers who have made a cash payment to the Company for the Basic and Exceptional Cost in the development, the sum of all refunds shall not exceed the total Basic and Exceptional Cost paid by the Developer or $2,833 per lot multiplied by the number lots, whichever is less. The developer must apply for the refunds before the line extension becomes six years old. f. In a Development where primary taps may be required into some lots to provide adequate service or where the loads are not clearly defined, the Company may elect to install only an initial Primary Circuit through the Development (no Transformers or Secondary Circuits). The Rules for Individual Customers will be used to establish the extension cost of the Primary Circuit and that cost must be paid in advance by the Developer_ The permanent Customer on each lot must meet the Rules for Individual Residential Customers for the extension into the lot, except they will not pay a share of the cost of the Primary Circuit through the Development or a share of previous extensions outside the Development. The applicable Allowance will be credited first to the Basic and Exceptional Cost to serve the permanent Customer. The Developer will be refunded only the portion of the Allowance not granted or applied to the permanent Customer. Issued March 29. 2024 Effective May 15, 2024 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar. Director of Regulatory Affairs G . Eleventh Revision Sheet 51J IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Canceling Approved Effective LP U.C. No.28 Tenth Revision Sheet 51 J May 15, 2024 51 JMay 15, 2024 AVISTA CORPORATION Per ON 36182 dba Avista Utilities Monica Barrios-Sanchez Secretary SCHEDULE 51 — continued 1) The Total Estimated Extension Cost shall include all costs which are necessary to provide service to the Customer, as determined by the Company. The amount of the Allowance will be determined individually for each Customer based on the Company's estimate of the Customer's annual metered energy usage (delivered by Avista) and an allowance per kWh based on the applicable service schedule. d. When two or more Customers apply concurrently for service from the same Line Extension, each will receive an Allowance up to their proportion of the Total Estimated Extension Cost. Allowances shall be granted only against the costs of the current project and not against any part of an earlier or future extension. The Allowance will be the Total Estimated Extension Cost, or the applicable Allowance by Schedule multiplied by the Customer's estimated metered energy usage (delivered by Avista), whichever is less: ALLOWANCE BY SERVICE SCHEDULE Schedule 11 or 12: $0.19321 per kWh Schedule 21 or 22: $0.17749 per kWh Schedule 31 or 32: $0.31838 per kWh Exception: The Company will not grant an immediate Allowance if the Company, in its sole judgement, determines that the load is unknown, or will be in service less than five years. If an Allowance is not provided at the time service is installed. the Customer is eligible to receive a refund of their Allowance when annual metered energy usage (delivered by Avista) is known and measured. Any refund of Customer Allowance must be requested by the Customer within five years of the service installation Undeveloped Commercial and Industrial Lots: A development is a group of neighboring undeveloped lots separated by no more than streets and under the ownership or legal control of a single party as determined by the Company The General Rules, the Rules for Commercial and Industrial Customers and the following apply to line extensions within commercial or industrial developments. Before Company facilities will be installed, the developer must submit a written application for service and a copy of the plat as approved by the governing agency depicting dedicated utility easements approved by the serving utilities Issued March 29, 2024 Effective May 15, 2024 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs Twenty-Fifth Revision Sheet 51 N IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Canceling Approved Effective ►.P.U.C. No.28 Twenty-Fourth Revision Sheet 51N May 15, 2024 51 Way 15, 2024 AVISTA CORPORATION Per ON 36182 dba Avista Utilities Monica Barrios-Sanchez Secretary SCHEDULE 51 - continued Single-Phase Overhead Primary Circuit: Fixed Costs: $5,379 per Customer Variable Costs: $10.69 per foot Underground Primary Circuit: Fixed Costs: $2,516 per Customer Variable Costs: $13.48 per foot g. "Secondary Circuit" is the electrical facility from the Company's Transformer to a handhole or connectors from which one or more Service Circuits originate. The Secondary Circuit is single phase, is operated at less than 600 volts to ground and may include conductors, connectors, conduit, handholes, and ditch. The Basic and Exceptional Cost of the Secondary Circuit shall be computed using the following rates. Single Phase Underground Secondary Circuit: Fixed Costs: $666 per customer Variable Costs: $14.17 per foot Single Phase Overhead Secondary Circuit: Fixed Costs: $2,212 per customer Issued March 29. 2024 Effective May 15, 2024 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs DAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Twenty-Sixth Revision Sheet 510 Approved Effective Canceling May 15, 2024 May 15, 2024 I.P.U.C. No.28 Twenty-Fifth Revision Sheet 510 Per ON 3615�P AVISTA CORPORATION Monica Barrios-Sanchez Secretary dba Avista Utilities SCHEDULE 51 - continued h. "Service Circuit" is the electrical facility between the Company's Transformer, connectors, or handhole and the Point of Delivery for a single Customer or building. The Service Circuit is single phase*, is operated at less than 600 volts to ground and may include conductors, connectors, conduit, and ditch. The Basic and Exceptional Cost of the Service Circuit shall be computed using the following rates. These rates do not include meters and metering facilities which are used by the Company for billing purposes. Single Phase Overhead Service Circuit: Variable Costs: $5.02 per foot Single Phase Underground Service Circuit: Variable Costs: $10.46 per foot i. "Transformer" Basic and Exceptional Cost shall be computed using the following rates for single phase transformers. Single Phase Overhead Transformer Costs: $5,025 per Customer Single Phase Padmount Transformer Costs: $8,413 per Customer j. "Underground Facilities" may include primary cable, secondary and service cable, secondary and service connections, surface-type (pad- mount) Transformers, pads, enclosures, terminations, and conduit where necessary. These facilities will be owned, operated and maintained by the Company unless otherwise provided for by agreement. Issued April 24, 2024 Effective May 15, 2024 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs p .