Utilities

Electricity

The City of Gallup provides electricity to the Gallup area with power purchased from Public Service Company of New Mexico. Rates for commercial and industrial users are as follows:

Residential Service
Energy Charge
First 50 kWh is included in the service charge
All other kWh - $0.0739 per kWh
Minimum charge (service charge): $5.00 (includes 50 kWh) plus fuel adjustment charge.

General Service – Small
(Non-residential) rate is available for single and three-phase service for non-residential service. Customers with consumption of 40,000 kWh or more per month or a demand of 100 kW or more for any three months during a twelve month continuous period will not be provided service under this rate.

Energy Charge
First 100 kWh – included in service charge
All others kWh - $0.0799 per kWh
Minimum Charge: $10.00 (Includes 100 kWh) plus fuel adjustment charge.

General Service – Medium
(Non-residential) rate is available for single and three-phase service to all customers whose use is not less than 40,000 kWh per month or 100 kWh per month for three months in any twelve month continuous period. No service will be provided under this rate for any customers whose demand equals or exceeds 1500 kWh per month. Monthly Rate Demand Charge: First 100 kW or less - $1,050.00; Additional demand: $10.50 per kW

Energy Charge
All energy at $0.0438 per kWh;
Minimum charge: Demand Charge of 100 kW.

Industrial Rate
Rate is available to all customers whose demand is equal to or greater than 1500 kW of capacity per month. Service may be metered at the city’s available distribution voltage of 13,200 volts (primary metered). Rates will be considered on a case by case basis.

Outdoor Area Lighting
The monthly charge (plus fuel cost adjustment) for: 175 Watt, Sodium Vapor - $5.25; 250 Watt, Sodium Vapor - $12.00; 400 Watt, Sodium Vapor - $15.00; 1000 Watt, Sodium Vapor - $25.00. A minimum charge is imposed and said charge is equal to 12 months service.

Fuel Adjustment Charge
Fuel adjustment will be made on all energy sales. This fuel charge will be added or subtracted to base energy charge. The fuel charge will be that amount which is charged by the city’s electrical supplier during previous billings. Billing will be done on a kWh basis. To prevent swings in customer billings the fuel rate will be set for a projected rate of a six (6) month basis with the city to have the option of changing to a quarterly basis if deemed to be necessary.

Natural Gas

Natural gas is provided by Public Service Company of New Mexico Electric and Gas Services.

Small Volume – General Service
Availability Service under this Rate is available to any customer whose primary business activity at the location served is not provided for under any other Rate and whose usage in any year is less than 200,000 therms. This Rate shall include churches and multi-unit residential structures in which each unit is intended for year-round occupancy by an individual family group.

Territory
All the Company’s service areas.

Rates
Basic Cost of Service Functional Rates: During each monthly billing period, the rate for all gas delivered shall be:

  1. $0.0537 per therm for transmission service; and

  2. $0.0514 per therm for distribution service.

The above rates shall be charged based on the functional services utilized by each customer.

Cost of Gas Component
The basic rates for cost of service set forth above shall be increased or reduced, as appropriate, by the amount of the Cost of Gas Component for the billing month computed in accordance with the provisions of Rate Rider Nos. 4, 8, and 9.

Access Fee
In addition to rates for gas delivered, each customer served under this Rate shall pay an Access Fee of $13.50 per month.

Special Rate Adjustment
The rates set forth above shall be increased or reduced by the amounts indicated, as applicable to each particular area of service in the Special Rate Riders approved by the New Mexico Public Utility Commission.

Medium Volume – General Service
Availability
Service under this Rate is available to any customer whose primary business activity at the location served is not provided for under any other Rate and whose usage in any year is 200,000 therms or greater and less than 2,000,000 therms.

Territory
All the Company’s service areas.

Basic Cost of Service Functional Rates
During each monthly billing period, the rate for all gas delivered shall be

  1. $0.0429 per therm for transmission service; and

  2. $0.0445 per therm for distribution service.

The above rates shall be charged based on the functional services utilized by each customer.

Cost of Gas Component
The basic rates for cost of service set forth above shall be increased or reduced, as appropriate, by the amount of the Cost of Gas Component for the billing month computed in accordance with the provisions of Rate Rider Nos. 4, 8, and 9.

Access Fee
In addition to rates for gas delivered, each customer served under this Rate shall pay an Access Fee of $60.00 per month

Special Rate Adjustment
The rates set forth above shall be increased or reduced by the amounts indicated, as applicable to each particular area of service in the Special Rate Riders approved by the New Mexico Public Utility Commission.

Large Volume – General Service
Availability
Service under this Rate is available to any customer whose primary business activity at the location served is not provided for under any other Rate and whose usage in any year is 2,000,000 therms or greater.

Rates
Basic Cost of Service Functional Rates: During each monthly billing period, the rate for all gas delivered shall be:

  1. $0.0336 per therm for transmission service; and

  2. $0.0312 per therm for distribution service.

The above rates shall be charged based on the functional services utilized by each customer.

Cost of Gas Component
The basic rates for cost of service set forth above shall be increased or reduced, as appropriate, by the amount of the Cost of Gas Component for the billing month computed in accordance with the provisions of Rate Rider Nos. 4, 8, and 9.

Access Fee
In addition to rates for gas delivered, each customer served under this Rate shall pay an Access Fee of $800.00 per month.

Special Rate Adjustment
The rates set forth above shall be increased or reduced by the amounts indicated, as applicable to each particular area of service in the Special Rate Riders approved by the New Mexico Public Utility Commission.

Water Rates

For all Metered Residential Service – a monthly commodity charge of:

Zero to 1000 cubic feet - $0.012323 per cubic foot
1001 to 2000 cubic feet - $0.015929 per cubic foot
2001 to 5000 cubic feet - $0.017130 per cubic foot
Over 500 cubic feet - $0.018333 per cubic foot

For all Metered Commercial Service and Service to the City of Gallup – a monthly commodity charge of $0.015929 per cubic foot.

For Un metered Water Sales – a charge of $4.57 per 1,000 gallons.

For Residential Service Where There is no More Than One Residence Per Meter of Not More Than Two (2") Inches in Size – a monthly service charge of $5.48.

For all Other Services
(including residential service when one meter services more than one residence or the meter is larger than two inches (2") in size) – a monthly service charge of: 5/8 inch meter - $5.48; one inch meter - $11.26; 1.5 inch meter - $20.28; two inch meter - $30.06; three inch meter - $56.35; four inch meter - $90.16.

For service outside the city limits the water rate shall be twice that for service inside the city limits.

Wastewater Charges
The residential rate is applicable to one water meter per residence no larger than two inches (2"). Monthly rate: Service Charge - $2.48; Volume charge - $0.008416 per cubic foot of average monthly water metered during previous months of January, February and March.

All other services: Monthly rate: Service charge based on water meter size: 5/8 inch meter - $2.48; one inch meter - $4.51; 1.5 inch meter - $7.89; two inch meter - $19.15; four inch meter - $31.56. Volume charge: $0.008416 per cubic foot of current month’s water service.

For service outside the city limits the wastewater rate shall be twice that for service inside the city limits. All rates in this ordinance will become effective for all billings rendered on and after July 1, 1998.

Telephone Service

Qwest Communications