HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-36 1
2
4
6
?
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2O
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
3O
31
82
RESOLUTION NO. 74-36
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF UKIAH ADOPTING CERTAIN ELECTRICAL
USE CURTAILMENT MEASURES
WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission has
adopted regulations set forth in Section 82305 curtailing certain
uses of electrical energy and
WHEREAS, these regulations have no force or effect in the
City of Ukiah, and
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah desires to cooperate in the
statewide energy conservation program,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
hereby adopts those energy curtailment regulations set forth
in California State P.U.C. Decision 82305 and as amended by
Decision #82358 as attached hereto to be effective until further
notice,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council directs the
City Manager to notify all commercial electrical users
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the appeals procedure set
forth in the P.U.C. order is hereby amended to provide that
any appeals shall be to the City Council by filing a letter
of complaint with the City Clerk.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6~h
1974.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
day of February '
Rule No.
PROHIBITIONS AND CURTAIL ~KE._,NT PROVISIONS
A. General
This rule has been ordered effective by the Commission as an
emergency measure pursuant to D-$2305. It will be in fu~.l force
and effect until decla~?cd ineffective by ord~r of the Commission.
This rule supersedes and cancels all tariff and contract provisions
inconsistent with its terms.
B. Prohibited Uses
1. Outdoor Advertising and Decorative Lighting:
a. No customer shall at any time make, cause or permit any
use of electrical energy for lighting of billboards, signs,
advertising goods or services or to identify the providers
of goods or services, displays of goods, objects or designs
symbolic of commercial enterprises, trademarks or logo,
or motors or devices to rotate or move advertising signs
or operate pumps or other devices in fountains which are
primarily decorative, building floodlighting, architectural
or decorative lighting, or lights used for landscaping, or
any similar form of lighting based upon the use of electrical
energy supplied by the Utility.
~should be numbered consistent with
Bumble
ivery"
led
as Rule 14.1.
-1-
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B.l.a.
hereof, each business establishment may operate its
window and display lighting and illuminate one
outdoor sign between the hours of sunset and one-half
(½) hour after cl°sing~and each billboard may be
illuminated between the~hours of sunset and, 9~_~t~ p.m.
local time. ~- ~ ~ O - ~'
2. Functional Outdoor Lighting:
a. No customer shall make, cause or permit any use of
electrical energy for the floodlighting of outdoor
commercial areas including, but not limited to,
service stations, used car lots, new car lots,
automobile parking lots, or similar businesses,
between the hours of sunrise and sunset, and when
not open for business.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B.2.a~
hereof, after sunset, when such activities are open,
the use of electrical energy for such purposes shall
be reduced to fifty percent (50%) of normal or usual
levels. Furthermore, prohibited uses of electrical
energy from the Utility are not applicable to that
minimum lighting necessary for public safety, or
for security, or that required by law, or required
for the lighting of essential governmental buildings
utilized for police, fire protection, health and
communications purposes.
3. Comfort Heating and Cooling:
During business hours, no customer shall at any time
make, cause or permit any use of electrical energy in
any commercial or industrial establishment to ~rovide
heat to raise the temperature therein above 68 F,
nor to provide cooling to reduce the temperature therein
below 78°F, except where other temperatures are
specifically required by law. Where it is not established
that a net energy savings can be achieved by operating
space conditioning equipment during non-business hours,
such equipment shall be turned off.
Outdoor Public Gatherings:
No customer shall make, cause or permit the use of
electrical energy for recreational or cultural activities
in excess of eighty-five percent (85~) of the normal or
usual amount used by that customer for the same, or
similar activities.
-2-
5. Indoor Business Lighting:
a. No customer shall make, cause or permit the use
of electrical energy for lighting the interior of
any business establishment during that period
of time that said establishment is not carrying on
the usual and customary activities of that business.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B.5.~
hereof, a business establishment may provide sufficient
illumination at all times to provide a minimal level
of protection and security to persons and property.
c. Nothing in these subsections shall be construed to
prohibit ordinary and customary maintenance and
Janitorial services at times other than those during
which the business establishment is carrying on the
usual and customary activities of that business.
C. Notification:
The Utility shall notify the customer when it has learned of
a prohibited use as defined in Section B and, unless the customer
will discontinue such use, Section D shall apply.
D. Noncompliance:
The Utility shall discontinue service to a customer for noncompliance
with this rule if, after notice of at least 5 days, the customer
has not initiated compliance with such notice. Service will be
restored after the customer establishes compliance with the rule.
-3-
E. Appeals Procedure:
Requests by customers of the utility for special relief from the
mandatory orders of prohibition or curtailment of certain end
uses of electricity by reason of special hardship or impossibility
of compliance shall be made to the California Public Utilities
Commission in the manner provided for formal complaints under the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure~ except that the
letter-of-defects procedure is waived and the complaint shall be
deemed subject to ~mmediate answer in the manner prescribed
therein. During the period the request is pending before the
Commission~ the utility shall not terminate service for
noncompliance.
F. Liability of Utility:
The utility shall not, by taking action pursuant to this rule,
be liable for any loss, damage, or injury, established or alleged,
which may result or be claimed to result therefrom.
-4-