Electric Rate Schedules

Supplemental Schedule ED
Economic Development Incentive Discount
(Applied in Conjunction with the Standard General Service Rate Schedules)

Applicability

This schedule is available to qualified customers for the purpose of business attraction or facility expansion. Qualified customers are new or existing general service customers who add an annual peak demand of at least 50 kW, and who meet the criteria outlined below under Definitions and Special Conditions. Customers that depend on an extreme seasonal peak electric load to qualify may be excluded from service under this schedule. Existing customers may be asked to demonstrate that they have a similarly situated site outside Alameda Power & Telecom's (Alameda P&T's) service territory that would otherwise be expanded absent this discount. Qualified customers may be asked to sign an affidavit stating that this discount is a material factor in their decision to locate or expand in Alameda P&T's service territory. Participation under this schedule is voluntary and is made available at Alameda P&T's sole option.

Rates

A discount will be applied to all charges under the standard general service rate schedule for which the customer qualifies, exclusive of state or local taxes, as follows:

Discount: First 12 months 25 percent
Second 12 months 20 percent
Third 12 months 15 percent
Fourth 12 months 10 percent
Final 12 months 5 percent

Definitions and Special Conditions

  1. CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA
    This schedule is intended to encourage customers who have options for locating all or part of their business operations outside Alameda P&T's service territory and for whom electric costs are material to their site selection decision, as determined by Alameda P&T, to choose to locate or expand in its service territory and take electric service from Alameda P&T.
    General service customers in certain business classifications, by their nature, do not have options for locating elsewhere and are therefore not eligible for the economic development incentive discount. Such classifications include public service facilities, utilities, and public elementary and secondary schools. Determination of eligibility shall be made by Alameda P&T at its sole discretion.
  2. MINIMUM LOAD FACTOR
    If the customer's load factor falls below 30 percent for three consecutive months, Alameda P&T may, at its option, remove the customer from this schedule. Load factor is calculated by dividing the energy by the product of the peak demand and the hours in the billing period and expressed as a percent.
  3. METERING
    At its sole option, Alameda P&T may require separate electrical metering for any new or additional load at an existing customer's premises. As an alternative, a ratio of new use/demand to historical use/demand [previous 36 months] may be used to apply this discount.
  4. ALL-REQUIREMENTS PROVIDER
    The customer agrees to take all electric service requirements from Alameda P&T. In no event shall the customer use co-generation, self-generation, or electricity wheeled from any other source without Alameda P&T's written consent for as long as service is furnished under this schedule. Emergency back-up generation is excluded from this requirement.
  5. ENERGY EFFICIENCY
    Customers taking service under this schedule shall grant Alameda P&T the right to inspect the facilities or plans for the purpose of making energy efficiency recommendations. If the customer implements energy efficiency measures, such load reduction will not be reason to disqualify the customer from receiving service under this schedule.
  6. TERM
    The discounts will commence on the customer's regularly scheduled meter read day in the first month after the new load is to be connected to Alameda P&T's system and shall remain in effect for up to five years, unless terminated by the customer upon 30 days written notice. Alameda P&T, at its sole option, may remove the customer from this schedule upon 30 days written notice in the event the customer no longer meets the qualification criteria described herein.
  7. RELOCATION
    Business relocation out of Alameda within five years of this discount application requires a full refund of all discounts allowed, plus applicable taxes.
  8. RULES and REGULATIONS
    Other conditions, as specified in Alameda P&T's Rules and Regulations, shall apply to this electric rate schedule.
ADOPTED: July 21, 2003
RESOLUTION NO. 4585
(Superseding supplemental Schedule ED, effective July 1, 2001)
Effective: August 1, 2003