HomeMy WebLinkAbout562 RESOLUTION NO. 662
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELI¥~Y OF A CONTRACT WITH PUGET SOUND
POWER & LIGHT COMPANY FOR FURNISHING Power for Municipal Water Pumping
WHEREAS, PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY has offered ~o furnish for a period of
five years, upon the terms set forth in the following proposed fo~m of contract, to-wit:
Puget Sound ~ower & Light Company, herein called "COmpany", and the City of Bremerton,
a municipal corporation of the State of Washington, herein called "Citys, agrees as follows:
FIRST: This contract only covers power used in connection witch the operation of
water distribution systems.
SECOND: DELIVERY -- In consideration of the payments, and subject to the limitations,
herein stipulated, the 0ompany agrees for a period of Five consecutive years, beginning Nov.
28, 1946, 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,.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, Section 32, Township BA N, Range 1E.
625 H.P. Connected ................... AA0 Volts, three phase.
Municipal Pumping plant located on Anderson Creek, Section 5~,Town~hip 24N, Range 1E.
528 H.P. Connected ................... 6900/ll,§OOY, three phase.
Municipal Pumping Plant located on Schley Blvd.,Southeast~-Southwest~-Section 12,
Township 24 - Range 1E.
45 H.P. connected ................... 7200 Volts,three phase.
Transformer losses - 9 KW- 657 KWH to be added monthly.
See Transformer Rental Agreement attached.
Said electric power shall be three-phase, sixty cycle, alternating current at approxi-
mately as specified above volts. Company agrees to furnish not exceeding 1000 horsepower
but will furnish any additional amount required by the City if it has the power available.
The point of delivery shall be at the Pumping Plants located as shown above on the basis of
each location being separately served, metered and billed.
THIRD: RATES -- The City agrees to pay the following rates, same being Schecule No.
40 of the Company's Electric Tariff No. I, filed with the Department of Public Service of
the State of Washington:
Demand Gharge-~
$1.50 per month per kilowatt, or major portion thereof, of maximum demand.
Energy Charge,-~ ...... ~ ~
$0.006 per kilowatt hour for the firs~ 28,000 kilowatt hours used per month.
$0.00~ pe~r~ilowatt~hour for the next 2~,000 kilo~a~ hoUrS used per mo~th.
$O~OOA~ per kilowa, tt hour ~£o~ the~next~ ~O,OO0 kilowat~ hours used per month.
$0.005§ per kilowatt hour for all over lO0,O00 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.
FOUHTH: 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 Oompany, 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 ~or any month is understood to be the average kilowatt demand, or
a~a~AEe ra~e ~f user,assured in kilowatts, during the fifteen minute interval in which the
consumption of electric energy is greater than during ~y other fifteen minute interval in
the month.
FIFTH: USE OF EQUIPMENT -- The City agrees to install and maintain in good condition
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 whom-
soever; not to sell to others any electric power furnished 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 ~otlfy 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 apparatus to prevent City's power factor from
falling below 85 per cent, and Company shall have the right to discontinue serEice to the
City until such apparatus is installed.
The City agrees to use reasonable diligence to protect Company,s property from injury
and Company shall have free access to all parts of the premises where its electricity ia
used, to inspect, repair, remove and replace its property.