HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 6441 AMEND ARC CODE SEC 5-2-45
Augusta Richmond GA
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ORDINANCE NO. 6,('/11
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AUGUST A-RICHMOND
COUNTY CODE SECTION 5-2-45 TO CREATE A NEW
CLASS OF USERS AND A RATE STRUCTURE FOR SAME;
TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Congress passed the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act in 1978
for the purpose of greater diversity in the supply of electric power by encouraging co-generation
resources that would conserve energy, optimize the efficient use of electric utility facilities and
natural resources, and provide equitable electric rates to consumers; and
WHEREAS, Augusta desires to establish a classification of users of re-use water in
the co-generation facilities; and
WHEREAS, the use of re-use water in the co-generation facilities, and the resulting
reduction of wastewater therefrom, will conserve natural resources;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUST A-RICHMOND
COUNTY COMMISSION AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF
SAME AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Augusta-Richmond County Code, Section 5-2-45 is hereby amended
by adding a new subparagraph (d) to read as follows:
(d) The rate for wastewater from co-generation facilities is
established at the rate of $1.25/kgal. Effective April 1, 2002, and
annually thereafter, the rate for wastewater from co-generation
facilities as set forth in this section shall be adjusted equal to the
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all Urban
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Consumers for the South Region.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Section 4. Should any section, provision, or clause of any part of this Ordinance be
declared invalid or unconstitutional, or if the provisions of any part of this Ordinance as applied to
any particular situation or set of circumstances be declared invalid or unconstitutional, such
invalidity shall not be construed to affect portions of this Ordinance not so held to be invalid, or the
application of this Ordinance to other circumstances not so held to be invalid. It is hereby declared
as the intent that this Ordinance would have been adopted had such invalid portion not been included
herein.
Duly adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission, this ~ day of
December 2001.
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First Reading: ] 7-3-01
Second Reading: Waive 2nd Reading
Published in the Augusta Chronicle December 13, 2001