Sec. 14-3. Interruptible service.
(a) Conditions. Interruptible gas service shall be supplied at
locations where facilities are available to supply the amount of
gas requested by the consumer, subject to the following
conditions:
1. Gas delivered hereunder shall be separately metered and
shall not be used interchangeably with gas supplied under any
other schedule;
2. The consumer has installed and has available for immediate
use equipment which will use some other fuel and which can be
put in operation within two hours after being notified by the city;
(b) Rate. The rate inside the city shall be one dollar and five
cents per thousand cubic feet and the rate outside the city shall be
ten per cent greater than the rate inside the city.
(c) A customer purchasing gas pursuant to this section agrees
to discontinue the service when requested by the city manager or
his representative, on two hours' notice, at any time whenever in
the sole judgment of the city manager, such gas is not available
for delivery hereunder. If the customer continues to use or
consume gas under this section after being notified by the city
manager or his representative, the customer shall be billed for all
gas so consumed at a rate of ten dollars per thousand cubic feet,
and the city shall, as soon as the violation comes to its attention,
cut off the service at the street until the period of interruption is
over.
(d) Minimum monthly charge. The minimum monthly charge
under this rate shall be one hundred and five dollars; provided,
that when the supply of gas available shall be less than
ninety-four thousand five hundred cubic feet, in any one month,
due to the service having been interrupted as hereinbefore
described, the minimum monthly charge shall be waived and the
customer charged at the rate of one dollar and five cents per
thousand cubic feet for gas actually delivered during the billing
month.
(e) Contract required. Before service is turned on under this
section, the customer shall agree in writing to abide by the terms
and conditions of this section. (Code 1959, § 14-3; 6-21-71; 6-19-72;
8-5-74, § 1; 3-17-75, § 1.)
