(a)   There shall be one (1) class of rates for all purchasers of electric current sold by the City of Greensburg, Kansas.

(b)   The following monthly rates for electric current sold by the City of Greensburg, Kansas, shall be charged and collected from all purchasers:

(c)   Charges for the sale of electric current by the City of Greensburg, Kansas, shall be subject to fuel cost adjustment. The fuel cost adjustment shall be computed, added to and collected with each utility billing. All consumers will have their billing adjusted upward to include their proportionate share, based on KWH used during a month, of any increase in the City’s average purchased energy cost per KWH from any source delivered to the system during the preceding calendar month to the extent such increase is caused by fuel adjustments made by any such supplier.

(d)   Consumers shall pay the charges for electric, water, sewer, trash collection and other utility services provided by the city to the City Office in Greensburg, Kansas, on or before 5:00p.m. C.T. on the 10th day of each month following the month of service. If the 10th day of the month falls on a Saturday or Sunday, or on a holiday when the city business office is closed, then payment will be due by 5:00 p.m. C.T. of the next business day. Payments postmarked on or before the 10th day will be considered paid on time and no late charge will be imposed. Payments placed in the city drop box before 8:30 a.m. on the first business day following the 10th day of the month shall be considered paid on time and no late charge will be imposed. Payments received after the 10th day of the month shall be assessed a late payment charge. If charges for city utility services are not paid by the 10th day of the month as provided in this section, the city is authorized to terminate electric and other utility service to the consumer.

(Ord. 920; Code 2007; Ord. 964; Ord. 1117)

(a)   There is hereby adopted Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer-Owned Distributed Energy Systems dated August 18, 2025.

(b)   The adopted Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer- Owned Distributed Energy Systems dated August 18, 2025, may be amended, and modified in whole or in part by the Governing Body of the City of Greensburg, Kansas, as deemed appropriate by the Governing Body.

(c)   No Distributed Energy System shall be interconnected that would cause the total interconnected Customer-owned Generating Facility capacity to exceed:

(1)   Commencing on July 1, 2025, 6% of the utility’s historic peak demand;

(2)   Commencing on July 1, 2026, 7% of the utility's historic peak demand; and

(3)   Commencing on July 1, 2027, and each year thereafter, 8% of the utility's historic peak demand.

(d)   Distributed Generation Customers:

All distribution generation contracts shall comply with the requirements of K.S.A. 66-1,184 et seq., as amended. The cost of any equipment required to be installed for such attachment or metering and installation shall be the sole responsibility of the customer and such equipment shall not cause damage to the City’s electric system or equipment or present an undue hazard to City personnel.

(e)   Interconnection Application Fee: Residential and commercial/industrial customers are subject to a non-refundable processing fee of $50 and must accompany a completed Interconnection Application.

(f)   Net Monthly Rate:

Base Rate: Determined by customer class described in Section 15-301.

Energy Rate: Determined by customer class described in Section 15-301.

(g)   Billing Procedures:

(1)   Customer-generators installed or altered July 1, 2025, or thereafter, shall be billed as follows:

       Appropriately sized generators (as defined in K.S.A. 66-1,184) owned by customer- generators will at times either generate more electricity than the customer can consume on premises or only meet a portion or none of the customers electricity needs. During periods of time when the generator owned by the customer- generator cannot provide all of the customer’s electricity needs, the electricity provided by the electric utility will be billed at the same rate as that established for similar rate class customers that do not own generation. During periods of time when the generator owned by the customer-generator produces electricity in excess of its own needs, and such excess electricity is supplied back to the electric utility, the electric utility shall compensate the customer for this excess energy at a rate that is 100% of the utility’s monthly system average cost of energy per kilowatt hour, or locational marginal price, per K.S.A. 66-1,184.

       The City may, at its discretion, either pay the customer for excess energy at aforementioned rate or calculate such payment and deduct from the customer’s bill as a credit.

(2)   Customer-generators installed prior to July 1, 2025, already on a net billing arrangement may remain on a net billing arrangement.  Under a net billing arrangement, the amount of kWh billed to the customer for the month will be the total energy inflow less the total energy outflow and will be based on the city’s standard electric rates applicable to the customer class.  Any outflow kWh balances shall be carried forward to the next billing month and be subtracted from the net month’s inflow kWh readings. The energy outflows from one meter shall not cover inflows on another meter nor shall it be converted to cash. Any energy outflow balance after the customer terminates service shall become property of the city. The customer’s monthly bill shall include applicable monthly service charges and any excess facility charges..

(Ord. 949; Code 2014; Ord. 1130)

At the request of city electric customers the city will install a security light or lights on property owned or occupied by the customer at a location or locations to be mutually agreed upon. The cost of installation and maintenance will be on city: customer will pay city a $10.00 per month fee for each security light billing and payment for security lights will be done in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XV, Article 3. The city may increase security light rates by action taken by the city council by resolution with one month’s notice to the customer. The customer may terminate security light service at any time with one month’s notice after one (1) year of service.

(Ord. 981; Code 2014)