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SAN MARCOS ELECTRIC UTILITY ELECTRIC RATE SCHEDULES MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE CHARGES Rate Schedule - MSC Effective: February 1, 2003 Page 2 TEMPORARY OVERHEAD CONNECTION CHARGE This charge shall be made for temporary overhead service at 120/240 volts, single phase, three wire, 60 Hertz when the requested service is more than 90 feet from the point of delivered and/or requires special equipment installed by the City. Temporary overhead electric service will be provided only after the customer has paid to the City, in advance, the estimated cost of installing and removing the necessary overhead facilities. SHORT-TERM SERVICE CHARGE This charge shall be made when services is disconnected at the request of the customer within thirty (30) days from the date service is first made available by the City. This charge shall be waived if a property owner or manager 1) has a current "Read and Leave" program agreement on file with the Electric Utility Department, and 2) complies with all current requirements of the Electric Utility Department for participating in the "Read and Leave" program. "NO LIGHTS" SERVICE CALL CHARGE This charge will be made when a customer calls the City to report "no lights" and requests the City dispatch a service person to customer's premises, and it is determined that the "no lights" condition was caused by a problem with customer owned wiring or a condition on the customer's side of the point of delivery. In the event a service person is dispatched other than during normal business hours, the charge will be double. \MPERING/THEFT OF SERVICE CHARGE This is a minimum charge made for any incidence of tampering with the City's metering installation, interference with the proper working thereof, any theft of service by any person on customer's premises, or evidence of such tampering, interfering, or theft (energy diversion). The minimum charge shall be imposed for the detection and confirmation of energy diversion. In addition, the customer shall pay the reconnect charge, the expenses of any damage to or replacement of the City's equipment and the estimated cost of electric power and energy not recorded by the City's meters by reason of energy diversion, at the applicable rate based on the City's best estimated data. RETURNED CHECK OR BANK DRAFT CHARGE This charge will be made for each check or bank draft returned without payment because of insufficient funds, account closed or no account. REQUESTED METER TEST CHARGE This charge will apply when a meter test is made at the customer's request, the meter been tested at the customer's request within the previous 24 months, and the meter is found to be within the accuracy standards established by the American National Standard Institute. CONFIDENTIALITY REQUEST CHARGE This charge will apply when a Customer submits a written request to the City under Section 182.052 of the Texas Utilities Code for confidentiality of personal information. C:\TEMP\Electric Utility rate schedules- 11-02.doc