Your Account  |  Your Home  |  Your Business  |  Your Community  |  Your Coop Access Energy Cooperative Tariff Article Number Name of Article Page SECTION 1 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS 6 1.1 Preliminary Statement 6 1.2 Principal Officers and Directors 6 1.3 Areas Served 6 1.4 Persons Authorized to Communicate with Board 6 SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS 7 2.1 Cooperative 7 2.2 Applicant 7 2.3 Member-Consumer 7 2.4 IUB 7 2.5 Premises 7 SECTION 3 REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICE 8 3.1 Application 8 3.2 Membership 8 3.21 Service Contracts 8 3.3 Member-Consumer Deposits 8 3.31 Amount of Deposit 8 3.32 Interest on Deposit 9 3.33 Receipts 9 3.34 Account Refund 9 3.35 Additional Deposits 9 3.36 Non-Compliance 9 3.4 Right-of-Way 9 3.41 Procurement 9 3.42 Initial Clearing 10 3.43 Applicant's Premises - Right-of-Way 10 SECTION 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVICE 11 4.1 Standard 11 4.2 Character 11 4.3 Classes 11 4.4 Primary Voltage 11 SECTION 5 SERVICE EXTENSIONS 12 5.1 Availability 12 5.11 Point of Delivery 12 5.12 Delivery Outside Coop Service Area 12 5.2 Service Classifications 12 5.21 Regular Farm and Home Service 12 5.22 Residential (Non-Farm) Service 13 5.23 Non-Residential, Low Use Service 13 5.24 Commercial and Single-Phase Industrial Service 13 5.25 Special Classifications 13 5.26 Temporary Service 13 5.27 Multi-Phase Service 14 5.28 Large Power Contracts 14 5.3 Transformer Size 14 5.4 Electric Energy Sales Estimate 14 SECTION 6 REFUSAL OR DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE 15 6.1 Reasons for Denying Service 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 6.2 Insufficient Reasons for Denying Service 21 6.3 Resale of Energy 21 6.4 Customer Rights and Remedies to Avoid Disconnection 21, 22, 23, 24 6.5 Prior Indebtedness 25, 26 SECTION 7 METER INSTALLATIONS 27 7.1 Ownership 27 7.11 Meter Location 27 7.12 Meter Placement 27 7.13 Multi Service Through One Meter 27 7.2 Types of Meter Loop Installations 28 7.21 Self-Contained Metering 28 7.22 Meter Loop Construction 28 7.23 Current Transformer Installation 28 7.3 Temporary Meter Loops (Construction Sites) 28 7.4 Primary Metering 28 7.5 Meter Seals 28 SECTION 8 OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC FACILITIES 29 8.1 Conditions of Service 29 8.2 Specifications 29 8.21 Self-Contained Metering 29 8.22 Current Transformer Metering 29 8.3 New Underground Facilities - Platted Areas 29 8.31 Easements 29 8.32 Grade and Terrain 30 8.33 Cost of Construction 30 8.4 Single Service Line Extensions on Private Property 30 8.5 Replace Existing Facilties with Underground Facilities 31 SECTION 9 WIRING STANDARDS 32 9.1 Cooperative's Requirements 32 9.11 IFEC Wiring Specifications 32 9.12 Inspections 32 9.2 Member-Consumer's Responsibility 32 SECTION 10 METER READING 33 10.1 Cooperative's Responsibility 33 SECTION 11 BILLING PROCEDURE 34 11.1 Type of Billing 34 11.2 Billing Period 34 11.3 Due Date 34 11.31 Bill 34 11.32 Late Payment Charge 34 11.33 Forgiveness of One Late Payment 35 11.34 Change of Date of Delinquency 35 11.4 Failure to Receive Bill 35 11.5 Level Payment Plan 35 11.6 Parties Responsible for Payment 35 11.7 Billing Information 35 SECTION 12 Procedure 36 12.1 Procedure 36 12.11 Payment Agreements 36 12.2 Returned Checks 37 12.3 Reconnection Charge Resulting From Nonpayment of Energy Account 37 SECTION 13 METER TESTING 38 13.1 Routine Testing 38 13.11 Limits 38 13.12 New Meters 38 13.2 Request Test 38 13.21 Referee Tests 38 13.3 Adjustments 39 13.31 Meter Error 39 13.32 Determination of Adjustment 39 13.33 Refunds 40 13.34 Back Billing 40 13.35 Overcharges 41 13.36 Undercharges 41 13.4 Grounds on Member-Consumer's Premises 41 13.5 Special Metering Installation 41 SECTION 14 UNCOLLECTED ACCOUNTS 42 14.1 Service Reconnection 42 14.2 Collection Agency 42 14.3 Patronage Dividend Deductions 42 SECTION 15 TEMPORARY DISCONNECTS 43 15.1 Definition 43 15.2 Availability 43 15.3 Charges and Rules 43 SECTION 16 IDLE SERVICES 44 16.1 Definition 44 16.2 Charges 44 16.3 Rebuilding 44 SECTION 17 SERVICE CALLS 45 17.1 Cooperative's Responsibility 45 17.2 Member-Consumer's Responsibility 45 17.3 Charges 45 SECTION 18 RELOCATION OF FACILITIES 46 18.1 Cooperative's Facilities 46 18.2 Member-Consumer's Facilities 46 18.3 Moving of Buildings 46 SECTION 19 USE OF COOPERATIVE'S FACILITIES 47 19.1 Cooperative Facilities 47 19.2 Meter Pole 47 19.3 Poles Owned by Cooperative Other Than Meter Poles 47 19.4 Non-Liability of Cooperative 47 SECTION 20 DAMAGE TO COOPERATIVE'S FACILITIES 48 20.1 Member-Consumer's Responsibility 48 20.2 Protection of Cooperative's Facilities on Member-Consumer's Premises 48 SECTION 21 LIGHTING SERVICE 49 21.1 Definitions 49 21.2 Availability 49 21.3 Type of Light 49 21.4 Service 49 21.5 Charges 49 21.6 Member-Consumer Permission 50 21.7 Public Lighting Service Availability 50 21.8 Type of Light 50 21.9 Charges 50 SECTION 22 SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 51 22.1 Corrective Equipment 51 22.2 Arc Welding Installations 51 22.3 Requirements for Electric Motors 51 22.31 Safety Requirements 51 22.32 Protective Devices 51 22.33 Large Motor Applications 51 22.34 Starting Equipment 52 22.35 Maximum Single-Phase Loads 52 22.4 Standby Generators 52 22.5 New Structure Energy Conservation Standards 52 SECTION 23 COMPLAINTS 53 23.1 Member-Consumer Complaints 53 23.2 Records 53 SECTION 24 INSPECTION OF ELECTRICAL PLANT 54 24.1 Periodic Inspection 54 24.2 Inspection Forms 54 24.3 Filing 54 24.4 Construction and Maintenance 54 SECTION 25 FORMS AND CONTRACTS 55 SECTION 26 RETAIL RATE SCHEDULES 56 26.1 Single Phase 56 26.2 Electric Heat 56 26.3 Leased Security Lights 56 26.4 Member Owned Lights 56 26.5 Small Commercial 57 26.6 Large Commercial 59, 60 26.7 Large Power 61 26.8 Interruptible Large Power Rate 63, 64, 65 SECTION 27 CO-GENERATION AND SMALL RATE POWER PRODUCTION SERVICE 68 27.1 Availability 68 27.2 Definitions 68 27.3 Requirements for Interconnection 69 27.31 Acceptable Standards 69, 70, 71 27.4 Prices 72 27.41 Prices for purchases by the member-consumer from the Cooperative 72 27.42 Prices for purchases by the Cooperative from member-consumer 72 27.43 Wheeling Charges 72, 73 SECTION 28 ELECTRIC TAX ADJUSMENT RIDER #1 74 SECTION 29 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAM 75 Your Coop Contact Information Service Area Policies   »  Bylaws   »  Articles of Incorporation   »  Access Energy Cooperative Tariff   »  Rights and Remedies   »  Privacy Statement   »  Statement of Nondiscrimination   »  Grain Bin Clearance Requirements Newsletter Photo Gallery Cooperative Benefits Cooperative Principles Cooperative News Annual Report Brochures Where Does Your Power Come From? 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