4.3 Power Cost Adjustment: Power cost adjustment to be added to energy services charge.

Rate options A and B are

subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13.04.173.

E.

General Conditions.

Selection of Energy Rate Option. The default energy rate option for customers under Schedule R-2 is Option A—Seasonal Flat Rate. A customer may choose to receive energy under either option A or B; however when a customer requests a change of energy rate option that customer may not change to another energy rate option before twelve months have elapsed.

F.

Special Provisions.

Electric Utility Assistance Program.

a.

Electric Utility Assistance Program (Basic Benefit). Any customer taking service under this schedule shall be eligible for a monthly credit against their electricity bills equal to the fixed charge rate components (customer charge and grid access charge), if the gross annual income per calendar year of the household in which such customer resides does not exceed the greater of: (i) the income level that qualifies for rental assistance under the city's low income rental assistance program; or, (ii) the income eligibility criteria established by the California Public Utilities Commission ("CPUC") Low-Income Oversight Board for rate assistance programs. The department shall periodically certify that the customer is eligible for the basic benefit.

b.

Electric Utility Assistance Program (Pasadena Cares). Any customer eligible for the basic benefit shall also be eligible for a credit equal to the public benefit charge provided the customer is either: a) sixty-two years of age or older; or b) meets the criteria of disability as established by the Social Security Administration's Supplemental Income Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended. The department shall periodically certify that the customer is eligible for the Pasadena Cares benefit.

c.

Electric Utility Assistance Program (Medical). Any customer taking service under this schedule with doctor-prescribed life support equipment requiring electric utility service from the department in order to operate shall be eligible for the Basic Benefit regardless of income. To qualify, a customer must submit satisfactory proof to the department that a full-time occupant of the customer's premises requires a life support device. A qualifying life support device may be any one of the following or such other equipment as the department may deem eligible: aerosol tents, apnea monitors, compressors or concentrators, electrostatic or ultrasonic nebulizers, electric nerve stimulators, hemodialysis machines, kidney dialysis machines, intermittent positive pressure breathing machines, iron lungs, pressure pads, pressure pumps, respirators, or suction machines.

Time Periods. Time periods are defined as follows:

a.

Summer months are defined as June through September. Winter months are defined as October through May.

b.

On-peak hours: 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Off-peak hours: 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

(Ord. No. 7440, § 2, 12-16-2024; Ord. No. 7362, § 2, 5-11-2020; Ord. No. 7349, § 5, 6-17-2019; Ord. No. 7305, § 3, 6-19- 2017; Ord. No. 7244, § 3, 6-23-2014; Ord. No. 7221, § 3, 7-9-2012; Ord. No. 7173, § 1, 8-10-2009; Ord. 7046 § 3, 2006; Ord. 7042 § 2, 2006; Ord. 6901 § 4, 2002)