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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY
OF A CONTRACT WITH PUGET SOUND POWER &
LIGHT COMPANY FOR FURNISHING
MUNICIPAL WATER PUMPING POWER (Service Furnished)
WHEREAS, PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY has
oi~ered to furnish for a period of .............. ..T.e...n. .............................................. years,
upon the terms set £orth in the following proposed form of contract, to-wit:
Page 1 of Resolution
832.13 1-70 MUNICIPAL WATER PUMPING POWER CONTRACT
PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, herein called "Company", and the City
(Town or City)
of Bremerton , a municipal corporation of the State of Washington,
herein called "City", agree as follows:
FIRST: This contract covers only power used in connection with the operation
of water distribution systems.
SECOND: DELIVERY - In consideration of the payments, and subject to the limi-
tations, herein stipulated, the Company agrees for a period of 10 consecutive
years, beginning November 28 , 19 71 to reserve for and furnish to the
City, and City agrees during said period to buy excluslvely from the Company, at the
rates herein fixed, all electric power required to operate the City's water pumping
plant or plants located and described as follows: Municipal Pumping Plant located
on Gorst Creek in the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 24 North, Range i East.
Metering Voltage: One location - 12,500 volts
Transformer Rental: None
The City of Bremerton is to furnish the necessary transformers for stepping the
voltage down from 12,500 volts to meet its requirements.
Said electric power shall be three-phase, sixty cycle, alternating current at
approximately 12~500 volts. Company agrees to furnish not exceeding 625
kilowatts but will furnish any additional amount required by the City if it has the
power available. The point of delivery shall be at the primary or 12,500 volt
side of the transformers installed at the above described location.
THIRD: RATES - The City agrees to pay the following rates, same being Schedule
No. 40 of the Company's Electric Tariff I, filed with the Washington Utilities &
Transportation Commission: Schedules 80 & 81
Demand Charge -
$1.67 per month per kilowatt, or major 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.
0.46¢ per kilowatt hour for the next 50,000 kilowatt hours used per month.
0.41¢ per kilowatt hour for all over 100,000 kilowatt 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 effective
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 conlnercially 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 de-
termined 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.
Acct. No. 5185 0700.1
832.14 1-70
MUNtCI~L WA~R PUMPING 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 whoms~ver; 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 appara-
tus 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 all parts of the premises where
its electricity is used, to inspect, repair, remove and replace its property.
SIXTH: SERVICE INTERRU~iONS - Company shall use reasonable diligence to
furnish uninterrupted service but shall not be liable for any interruptions caused
by strikes and/or other labor disputes, accidents or acts of God, or by any cause
beyond 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 dama~s 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 emi-
nent 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.
DATED THIS day of , 19~/.
Attest: CITY OF BREMERTON
~ ~ City Clerk
Witness: PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
H, ~ COX R.H. SWARTZE E I~ATES & CG~T~A~I$
.~832 40 12-4a ~
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the ........ .C..q.u..nc..~!. .......................................
(Council or Commission)
of the .................. ..C.~.y. .......................................... of ............... B.~..m,~-T.~P.~ ...................................... that a
(City OF Town)
contract be entered into with Puget Sound ~ower & Light Company for the furnishing of
.......................... .................................................................
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
......... C~.~.y. ................................................................. , and the Clerk be and he hereby is authorized
(City or Town)
and directed to attest such contract and to affix thereto the seal o~ the .......... .C.~.~Y...9~ ..........
Bremerton
(City or Town)
Duly adopted this ....... ...~......~........~..-.~....day of ..... ~ ...... 1~
Page ............ of Resolution