Property Owners To Pay For Electrical Inspections.

Beginning September first, the City of Carthage will no longer absorb the entire cost of electrical inspections on private construction projects. For the last several years, the City has paid CW&EP an average of $42 each time the utility inspected a new or remodeled structure for compliance with the electrical building code.

The City Council Finance and Personnel Committee has worked with CW&EP General Manager Bob Williams and City Administrator Tom Short to find a more equitable way to pay for the inspections.

According to Bob Williams at the Thursday afternoon CW&EP meeting, a consensus was reached to have new construction electrical permits charged to the builder at a price of $42 to match the average cost of inspections over the past year.

The price of the rewiring inspection was a more difficult decision, according to Williams. There was a concern that people would not want to pay the money for the permit of inspection.

"We didn’t want to defer people from getting the permit," Williams said.

Currently electrical permits are obtained at the CW&EP office, but there is no charge to the consumer.

The proposed price for the rewiring permit will be $10. The City will reimburse CW&EP the balance of the actual charges.

The purchase and sale of electrical power was also discussed by the CW&EP Board members at the meeting.

According to Williams, the Power Plant is doing a great job of taking advantage of the open access on transmission. When any hot spell becomes nationwide, prices change quickly, he said.

In June, CW&EP sold 318,000 kilowatts of energy to other companies, which amounted to $28,184 in revenue, an average of $88 per megawatt.

July sales were up considerably, with 626,000 kilowatts of energy sold for $146,055. This averages $233 for each megawatt sold.

Though only halfway through this month, CW&EP has already sold 720,000 kilowatts of energy in August, bringing in $92,000, averaging $128.50 per megawatt.

The peak for power demand for Carthage so far in 1999 is 53.7 kilowatts. This is almost equal to last year’s annual peak of 54.4 kilowatts.

The fact that CW&EP no longer serves Flex-O-Later and the Schreiber Bacon Plant indicates a significant increase in residential usage, Williams told the Board.

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