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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPacific Power - General Service Contract (N 1st & D St.)Ns, (WA Jan2021) 'Account #:45536401001 §fk �ice ID #:924450269 001 Mo b G rn 12J RIM% % g ;`nitve " "Zi P "'N"', Fhllhi 4 NCJIE,� (1000 KVA OR LESS) between PACIFIC POWER, Iflumij-, # 1MVMPV1rer (Tompany­), 0mr-FATIM, and CITY OF YAKIMA ("Customer'), for electric service for Customer's TRAFFIC LIGHT operation at or near NW C NR� A Washington. TR­� N ST4(�DS7�KIMA, The Company's filed tariffs (the "Electric Service Schedules" and the "Electric Service Rules") and the rules of the Washington Utilities and Trans; )ortation Co Z Delivery of Power. Company will provide 120/240 omer volt, single-phase electric service to the Custfacilities. 2. Contract Demand. The specified Demand in kVA that Customer requires to meet its loa,# - requirement and Company agrees to supply and have available for delivery to Customer,' shall be 1 kVA (diversed, based on Customers submitted load prior to the signing of this Contract). After 36 months of service the maximum demand Company is obligated to have available for delivery shall not be greater than the lesser of. the maximum recorded and billed demand in the previous 36 months, or, the above given diversified demand, unless otherwise agreed in writing in accordance with the terms of this Contract. Within fifteen (15) days of a written request for additional demand, Company shall advise Customer in writing whether the additional power and energy is or can be made available and the conditions on which it can be made available. W 3. Extension Costs. Company agrees to invest $1,073.00 (the "Extension Allowance") to fund a portion of the cost of the improvements (the "Improvements") as per tariff. Customer agrees to pay Company the estimated construction costs in excess of the Extension Allowance ("Customer Advance"). Customer has paid for engineering, design, or other advance payment for Company's facilities in the amount of $0.00, which amount is reflected in the balance due in the Customer selected option below. (Customer must �Ahftial selected option on the blank space at the beginning of the optio �r _i4 pay il�ie balance due given in that option.) Refund Option. The total Customer Advance for this work is $2,044.00, and the balance due is $2,044.00, and Customer remains eligible for refunds. Company will refund part of the Customer Advance if additional customers connect to the Improvements within sixty (60) months of the date the Company is ready to supply service. Company will refund twenty-five percent (25%) of the refundable Customer Advance allocable to the shared Improvements for three additional applicants. The Company will try to inform Customer when a refund is due. However, in the event Company is unable to locate Customer or has not identifie that a refund is due, Customer is responsible for requesting a refund within twenty-four (24) months of the additional applicant connecting to the A0Improvements. Contract Administration Credit Option. Customer chooses to receive a Contra Administration Credit of $250 and waives their right to refunds should I additional applicants connect to the Improvements. Accordingly, the balance due is $1,794.00. �1 4. Contract Minimum Billing. Customer agrees to pay a contract minimum billing (the "Contract Minimum Billing") during the first sixty (60) months beginning from the date the Company is ready to supply service. The Contract Minimum Billing shall be the greater of: (1) the Customer's monthly bill; or, (2) $0.00 (the monthly facilities charge) plus eighty percent (80%) of the Customer's monthly bill. Billings will be based on Rate Schedule No. 24 and superseding schedules. The Company will reduce the minimum charges by the amount of the facilities charges associated with refunds due from additional applicants connecting to the Improvements. 5. Effective. This Contract will expire unless Customer signs and returns an original of this Contract along with any required payment to Company within ninety (90) days of the Contract date shown on page 1 of this Contract. 6. Contract Minimum Billing Term. This Contract becomes binding when both the Company and Customer have signed it, and will remain in effect for five (5) years following - the date when the Company is ready to supply service (the "Term"). In the event Customer terminates service or defaults (which results in termination of service) within the first five (5) years of this Contract, Customer shall be responsible f] paying the Contract'Minimum Billing for the remainder of the Term. I VCXUj, LU I m;t::1Vfd tsurvice Trom Company within such one -hundred fifty (150) day period, then the failure of Customer to receive service may be treated as a Customer default, and Customer shall be responsible for paying the Contract Minimum Billing for remainder of the Term. 7. Customer Obligations. Customer agrees to: a) Provide legal rights -of -way to Company, at no cost to the Company, using Company's standard forms. This includes rights -of -way on Customer's property and/or third party property and any permits, fees, etc. required to cross public lands; b) Prepare the route to Company's specifications; c) Install all Customer provided trench, conduit, equipment foundations, or excavations for equipment foundations within the legal rights -of -ways; and, 2 d) Comply with all of Company's tariffs, procedures, specifications and requirements. 30197,�• M, - 9. Underground Facilities. If service is provided by an underground line extension, Customer will provide, or Company will provide at Customer's expense: all trenching and backfilling, imported backfill material, conduit and duct, and furnish and install all equipment foundations, as designed by the Company. Company may abandon in place any underground cables installed under this Contract that are no longer useful to Company. Customer warrants that all Customer provided trench and excavations for equipment foundations, and Customer installed conduit and equipment foundations are installed within legal rights -of -way, and conform to the specifications in the Company's Electric Service Requirements Manual, and other specifications as otherwise provided by the Company. In the event Customer fails to comply with the foregoing, Customer shall be liable for the cost to the Company for relocating the facilities within a legal right-of-way, acquiring right-of-way for the Company facilities, repair or replacement of improperly installed conduit or foundations, and paying costs for damages that may arise to any third party as a result of the Company facilities being located outside of a legal right-of-way. The provisions of this paragraph 9 shall survive the termination of this agreement. 10. Design, Construction, Ownership and Operation. The Company shall design, construct, install, and operate the Improvements in accordance with the Company's standards. The Company will own the Improvements, together with the Company's existing electric utility faces that serve or will serve Customer. Construction of the Improvements shall not begin until (1) both the Company and Customer have executed (signed) this Contract, and (2) all other requirements prior to construction have been fulfilled, such as permits, payments received, inspection, etc. Any delays by the Custom concerning site preparation and right-of-way acquisition or trenching, inspection, permit etc. may correspondingly delay completion of the Improvements. I The Company warrants that its work in constructing and maintaining the Improvements shall be consistent with prudent utility practices. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND SIMILAR WARRANTIES. The Company's liability for breach of warranty, defects in the Improvements, or installation of the Improvements shall be limited to repair or replacement of any non -operating or defective portion of the Improvements or the Company's other electric utility facilities. Under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for other economic losses, including but not limited to consequential damages. The Company shall not be subject to any liability or damages for inability to provide service to the extent that such failure shall be due to causes beyond the reasonable control of the Company. No other party, including Customer, shall have the right to operate or maintain the c Company's electric utility facilities or the Improvements. Customer shall not have physi access to the Company's electric utility facilities or the Improvements and shall engage no activities on or related to the Company's electric uty faces or the Improvements. 0 11. Payments. All bills shall be paid by the date specified on the bill, and late charges shall be imposed upon any delinquent amounts. Company reserves the right to require customer payments be sent by EDI or wire transfer. If Customer disputes any portion of Customers bill, Customer shall pay the total bill and shall designate the disputed portion. Company shall decide the dispute within sixty (60) days after Customer's notice of dispute. Any refund Company determines Customer is due shall bear interest at the rate then specified by the Commission or, if no rate is specified, the then effective prime rate as quoted in The Wall Street Journal. The Company may request deposits from Customer to the extent permitted under the applicable Electric Service Rules and the applicable Electric Service Schedule. In the event of a default by Customer in any of its obligations, the Company may exercise any or all of its rights and remedies with respect to any such deposits. 12. Furnishing Information and Deposits. Customer represents that all information it has furnished or shall furnish to Company in connection with this Contract shall be accurate and complete in all material respects. Company will base its decision with respect to credit, deposits, allowances or any other material matter on information furnished under this section by Customer. Should such information be inaccurate or incomplete, Company shall have the right to revoke or modify this Contract and/or its decision to reflect the determination Company would have made had Company received accurate and complete information. Company may request deposits, for the purpose of guaranteeing payment of electric service bills, as permitted under the Company's Washington Electric Service Rule No. 9. 13. Governing Law; Venue. All provisions of this Contract and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall in all cases be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington applicable to contracts executed in and to be wholly performed in Washington by persons domiciled in the State of Washington. Each party hereto agrees that any suit, action or proceeding in connection with this Contract may only be brought before the Commission, the Federal courts located within the State of Washington, or state courts of the State of Washington, and each party hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such forums (and of the appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding. 14. Assignment. The obligations under this Contract are obligations at all times of Custom and may not be assigned without the Company's consent except in connection with a sal assignment, lease or transfer of Customer's interest in Customer's facility. Any such assignment also shall be subject to (i) such successor's qualification as a customer unde the Company's policies and the Electric Service Rules, the applicable Electric Service Schedule, and (ii) such successor being bound by this Contract and assuming the obligation of Customer from the date of assignment, which may be evidenced by written agreement of such successor or other means acceptable to the Company. The Compan may condition this assignment by the posting by the successor of a deposit as permitted under the applicable Electric Service Rules and the applicable Electric Service Schedule. 15. Remedies; Waiver. Either party may exercise any or all of its rights and remedies under this Contract, the applicable Electric Service Rules, the applicable Electric Service Schedule and under any applicable laws, rules and regulations. No provision of this Contract, the Electric Service Rules, or the applicable Electric Service Schedule shall be M deemed to have been waived unless such waiver is expressly stated in writing and signed by - waiving party. ,; • or r ♦ out of or related to this Contractbrought (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys'fees, the fees and costs of experts by any party, the prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover the costs and fees consultants, copying, courier and telecommunication costs,and deposition c• and all other• . discovery)`• by party or parties without limitation, any post -trial or appellate proceeding, or in the collection or enforcement of any judgment or award entered or made in such suit or action. .,. Entire Agreement. Contract - contains respect to the subject matter, and replaces and supersedes in their entirety all prior agreements between the parties related to the same subject matter. This Contract may Y .ii:ilreement executed • b♦ CITY N��KIIVI BY signature �. I "� d C ff t `"I t " a NAME (type or print legibly) TITLE OIiV CONTRACT N0. DATE RESOLUTION NO: - Customer's Mailing Address for Executed Contract r` XI mql9 NOR � ADDRESS :_ CITY, STATE, 21P a a EMADDR ESS 9 SHANE SISSONMANAGER legibly)NAME (type or print --L!L,L±Z-J--Z- DATE Executed Contract 500 N KEYS -r .ri. YAKIMA WA 9890