13.05.050 Technical provisions.
(a) Determination of Use. The quantity of electrical energy and electrical demand shall be determined by the registration of the electrical meters provided by the utility, except that:
(1) The utility will maintain its meters within plus or minus two percent accuracy. If a consumer requests a meter accuracy check, he shall pay the charges as stated in CCO 13.05.090. Should the meter upon testing by the utility prove inaccurate, as defined, the charges shall be refunded and billings adjusted as provided in CCO 13.05.080.
(2) Where the load is such that the amount of electrical energy consumed is fixed, the utility may elect not to meter the service and to bill the consumer for that fixed energy consumption as determined by the charge under the appropriate rate schedule.
(3) Where the temporary service is rendered under conditions making metering impractical, the amount of energy consumed may be estimated.
(b) Protective Equipment. It is the consumer’s responsibility to provide suitable protective equipment for the devices in his own premises.
(c) Inspection. The customer is responsible for installing and maintaining his electrical wiring and equipment in accordance with applicable electric and building codes as evidenced by certificates of approval from a competent inspection body.
In the absence of such a body, the utility shall inspect the customer’s service entrance equipment. The utility shall accept the customer’s signed statement that the balance of the wiring and equipment is, in his opinion, safe and adequate.
(d) Additional Load. Any customer shall give the utility reasonable advance notice, preferably in writing, of any proposed increase in service required, setting forth in such notice amount, character and the expected duration of time the increased service will be required. If such increase in load necessitates added or enlarged facilities (other than metering equipment) for the sole use of the customer, the utility may require the customer to make a reasonable contribution to the cost of adding or enlarging the facilities when the customer fails to give assurance satisfactory to the utility that the taking of the increased service should be of sufficient duration to render the supply thereof reasonably compensatory to the utility.
(e) Undesirable Load Characteristics. The utility may refuse its service to, or remove its service from, any installations which in the judgment of the utility will injuriously affect the operation of the utility’s system or its service to other customers or create a hazard.
(f) Nonstandard Tolerances. Where the customer requires a degree of regulation of the characteristics of the electrical service greater than that normally furnished by the utility, the customer shall be responsible for obtaining, installing, and maintaining the required regulating equipment. [Ord. 23-04 § 2 (Att.), 2023. Code 1979 EU § 4.0. Formerly 13.05.040.]