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Schedule 72: Large Agricultural Irrigation Without Annual Facilities Charge:

AVAILABLE: In all territory served by the District.

APPLICABLE: To agricultural irrigation power in excess of 300 horsepower served by one meter or as covered by special power sales contract and not subject to the District's Annual Facilities Charge.

CHARACTER OF SERVICE: Alternating current, three-phase, sixty hertz, at available secondary voltage.

RATE: Monthly Energy Charge:

For projects not subject to Annual Facilities Charge.
Monday through Saturday, 6:00 a.m to 10:00 p.m. (on peak)
April 1 through August 31, inclusive
$0.0331 per kWh
September 1 through March 31 $0.0412 per kWh

All Other Times (off-peak)
April 1 through August 31, inclusive
$0.0289 per kWh
September 1 through March 31 $0.0350 per kWh

Monthly Demand Charge:
$2.29 per kilowatt billing demand.


MINIMUM ANNUAL BILL:

The minimum annual bill shall be $5.75 per horsepower.

BILLING DEMAND: The billing demand shall be the measured demand for the month, adjusted for power factor.

DELIVERY POINT: The above rates are based upon the supply of service through a single delivery and metering point or as specified in a special power sales contract.

DETERMINATION OF DEMAND: Demand measurement shall be made by suitable instruments at the point of delivery. Demand for any month shall be defined as the average kilowatt delivery during the thirty-minute period in which the consumption of energy is the greatest during the month for which determination is made.

POWER FACTOR ADJUSTMENTS: If the average power factor at which power is delivered to the purchaser is less than 95% lagging, the measured demand shall be increased by one percent for each percent or major fraction thereof that the average power factor is less than 95% lagging. The average power factor will be determined by measurement of kilowatt-hours and reactive kilovolt-ampere-hours during the billing period using the following formula:

Where pf = Average Power Factor
Where kWh = Kilowatt-Hours
Where kvarh = Reactive-Kilovolt-Ampere Hours

The meter measuring reactive volt-ampere-hours shall be ratcheted to prevent reverse rotation when the power factor of the load is leading.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Service under this classification is subject to the Customer Service Policies of the District or as specified in a special power sales contract.

The District may provide time-of-day demand meter installations for pumping stations in excess of 300 horsepower.  For pumping stations of 300 horsepower or less, time-of-day demand metering will be provided only upon District approval of a customer's written request and at the customer's expense.

For customers served under Schedule 72, but electing non-time-of-use metering, energy consumption will be billed at the on-peak seasonal rates included in this schedule.

INCREMENTAL LOAD: Additional irrigation load for a customer served under this schedule is to be billed under this same schedule.