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Home My WebLink About1445· fPS3 2, 40 ~ ~ RESOLUTION N O...I...~....~..~.-~. .......... RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY 01~' A CONTRACT WITH PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY FOR FURNISHING MUNICIPAL WATER PUMPING POWER (Service Furnished) WHEREAS, PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY has ~ TEN (lO) -ea,'= offered to furnish/or a period ...................................................................... upon the terms set forth in the following proposed form of contract, to-wit: Page I o£ Resolution Pump St. #13 Acct. No. 5980-5600.1 HUN lC IPAL WATER PUMP lNG POWER CONTRACT CI~ PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, herein called "Company," and the..,...,..,*** (Town or City) of. B]LEH~RTON ....................... , a municipal corporation of the State of Washington, herein called "City," agree as follows: FIRST: This contract only covers power used in connection with the operation of water distribution systems. SECOND: DELIVERY - In consideration of the payments, and subject to the lim- itations, herein stipulated, the Company agrees for a period of...:~q, consecutive years, beginning.~99~.~, ...... , 19.~..., to reserve for and furnish to the City, and City agrees during said period to buy exclusively from the Company, at the rates herein fixed, ali electric power required to operate the City's water pumping plant or plantsJp~ated and described as follows: Pump Station~13 · Olympus Drive & Barnett Street Meterin~ Voltage: One Location - 240 ¥. Transformer Rental: No Transformer Losses: To be added monthly because of secondary metering - 0.3 KW - 219 Said electric power'shall be three-phase, sixty cycle, alternating current [GA[ at approximately T~. .... ... volts. Company agrees to furnish not exceeding ...~. kilowatts but will furnish any additional amount required by the City if it has the power available. The point of deiivery shall be at the Primary or 7200 V. side of the transformers installed at t~e above described location. Metering point at space provided on pumphouse. THIRD: RATES - The City agrees to pay the following rates, same being Schedule No. hO of the Company's Electric Tariff A, filed with the Washington Utilities &.. Transportation Commission[ Demand Charge - $1.67 per month per kilowatt, or ma~or portion thereof, of maximum demand. Energy Charge - 0.66¢ per kilowatt hour for the first 25,000 kilowatt hours used per month. 0.56¢ per kilowatt hour for the next 25,000 kilowatt hours used per month. 0.q6¢ per kilowatt hour for the next 50,000 kilowatt hours used per month. 0.~!¢ per kilowatt hour for ail over 100,000 kilpwatt hours used per month. Said rates are subject to change in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington and whenever a new schedule of rates for the same service is made ef- fective the City shall thereafter pay the new rates; provided, if the new rates are higher than those herein fixed, the City shall, be entitled to cancel this contract, All bills shall be payable within ten days from their date. FOURTH: MEASUREMENT - Maximum demand, consumption and power factor shall be measured by commercially accurate maximum demand, watt hour and power factor meters furnished and installed by Company, suitable space for which shall be furnished by the City; provided, maximum demand and power factor may at company's option be determined either by meters or by check of service. The maximum'demand for any'month is understood to be the average kilowatt demand, or average rate of use measured in kilowatts, during the fifteen minute Interval In which the consumption of electric energy is greater than during any other fifteen minute interval In the month. 9763 MUNICIPAL ~./ATER PUHPING POWER CONTRACT - PAGE 2 FIFTH: USE OF EQUIPMENT - The City agrees to install and maintain in good con- dition proper equipment for the use of such power and to save the Company harmless from all liability for any loss or damage caused by such equipment to either party hereto or to any person whomsoever; not to sell to others any electric power fur- nished hereunder, nor use or permit others to use any of such power in any other place or for any other purpose than to operate said plant. City agrees to notify the Company before making any Increase in the connected load and to operate its electric equipment so as not to impair the general service rendered by Company to its other customers. If the City's use shall impair such service to other customers, the City will, upon demand, install the proper appa- ratus to prevent City's power factor from falling below 85 per cent, and Company shall have the right to discontinue service to the City until such apparatus is installed. The City agrees to use reasonable diligence to protect the Company's property from injury and Company shall have free access to ali parts of the premises where its electricity is used, to inspect, repair, remove and replace its property. SIXTH: SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS Company shall use reasonable diligence to furnish uninterrupted service but shall n-or be liable for any interruptions caused by strikes and/or other labor disputes, accidents or acts of God, or by any cause by- yond the control of the Company, or by the necessity for making repairs or changes in the Company"s equipment and facilities, and the City waives and shall not assert any claims against the Company for damages to the City caused by any suspension, interruption, failure or curtailment of service by the Company under this agreement attributable in any manner to national war emergency, including voluntary coopera- tion by the Company in any method of operation or in any program recommended or requested by civil or military authorities. No temporary interruption shall cancel this contract. SEVENTH: The Company shall have the right to cancel this contract if any part of the Company's property used for the rendition of this service is taken by em- inent domain, or if such service can no longer be rendered by reason of franchise expiration and the inability of the Company to secure a renewal thereof. Witness: PUGET SOUND PO~ER ~ LIGHT CONPANY NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the ............... .c..°....~....[.~..S.[..0.N. ........................ ~ or Commission) Of the .......... ..C.~.T.~ .................................................. of ............. .B..~,R.T,..°.N, ...................................... that a (City or Town) contract be entered into with Puget Sound Power & Light Company for the furnishing of · .~..e.,r.., .~.m.p..i~s. ~.~.e.r.....a.~...~...~..~.....s.~ .a.~ !.o..a....~$.3.....-....0.! ..~..~..u.s....~.~ly..e....~....s.,a..~.n..e..~ ~....s...~.: upon the terms above proposed, and that the Mayor be and he hereby is authorized and directed to execute and deliver such contract on behalf and in the name of the CITY ................................................................................... , and the Clerk be and he hereby is authorized (City or ~ and directed to attest such contract and to affix thereto the seal oI the .............. .C..[...T~... ............ OF BREI~RTO~ (City orXKili~ ~ ............................. ~'~-_J Mayor. ........ ................... :" ........ Page ............ of Resolution