The rates of electricity furnished by the City of Marion, Kansas, to persons or corporations purchasing electricity from the City of Marion, Kansas, are hereby affixed according to the following classification of service and schedule:

(a)   BASE RATE

(1)   The residential base rate shall be $12.00 for zero consumption and $0.1298 per K.W.H. used thereafter.

(2)   The commercial base rate shall be $14.00 for zero consumption and $0.1298 per K.W.H. used thereafter.

(b)   FUEL ADJUSTMENT

       In addition to the Base Charge Rate provided for, there shall be charged an additional fuel adjustment charge which ·,all be the fuel adjustment cost per K.W.H. actually paid by the City to the City for the preceding month to any Aber electrical producers or incurred by the City of fuel costs, which shall be prorated on the basis of K.W.H. used by purchasers.

       The fuel cost adjustment billing methodology shall be used to include actual surcharge expenses accessed for February 2021 Weather Crisis event and subsequent recovery costs assessed by our wholesale electric provider. The surcharge collection shall end when the surcharge assessment from the wholesale electric provider has satisfied the requirements of the repayment plan authorized by the Board of the Kansas Power Pool on March 18, 2021.

(Ord. 1352; Ord. 1376; Code 2014; Ord. 1383; Ord. 1431; Ord. 1472)

(a)   There is hereby adopted Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer-Owned Distributed Energy Systems dated September 2, 2025.

(b)   The adopted Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer-Owned Distributed Energy Systems dated September 2, 2025, may be amended, and modified in whole or in part by the Governing Body of the City of Marion 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 $500 and must accompany a completed Interconnection Application, permit, and design plans. Any resubmissions of the application, permit, or design plans will be an additional $500 fee, per resubmission.

(f)   Net Monthly Rate:

Base Rate: Determined by customer class described in section 15-501 above.

Energy Rate: Determined by customer class described in section 15-501 above.

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.

(g)   Grandfather Clause

Solar operators operating under Ordinance No. 1500 may remain under the term of that agreement:

Unless the operator contacts the City with a written request to terminate the previous agreement and sign the new agreement.

Remain in the original agreement, until the required solar generation insurance policy becomes lapsed for more than 30 business days, in which the prior agreement would be terminated/void and the new agreement take effect immediately.

(Ord. 1380; Ord. 1500; Ord. 1520)