MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Town of Holden, Massachusetts
PROTECTIVE LIGHTING
Effective: January 1, 2007
AVAILABILITY:
Electricity is available under this schedule to any customer for
private property area lighting, flood lighting, or street lighting in accordance with the following conditions;
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE:
Installation A- The equipment necessary to supply lighting service hereunder shall be installed on an existing approved Department pole or structure carrying utilization voltage. The Department, at its option, may approve other poles or structures supplied by the customer, provided said poles or structures are not more than one-hundred fifty (150) feet from the Department’s existing overhead distribution system operating at utilization voltage.
Installation B- The department will furnish, install, own and maintain one (1) pole and section of secondary wire not to exceed one-hundred fifty (150) feet and supply lighting service under this schedule when an approved existing pole or structure is not available.
The Department, in all cases, will supply, install, own and maintain the lamps, luminaries, brackets and photoelectric controls and will supply electric service to operate the lamps.
Lamps will be operated by photo electric control from dusk to dawn each and every day, with the operating hours aggregating approximately four thousand (4,000) hours per year. No reduction in billing will be allowed for lamp outages.
Service and necessary maintenance will be performed only during the regularly scheduled working hours of the Department. Burned out lamps will be replaced upon notification of the outage by the customer.
Department poles shall include poles owned jointly by the Department. Approval of poles, pole locations and structures for the installation shall be at the sole discretion of the Department. Permanent easements for poles on private property shall be furnished by the customer at no expense to the Department.
Any required equipment other than the above will be furnished, installed, owned and maintained at the customer’s expense and the customer shall assume all risks of loss or damage to said equipment and property installed in connection with the lighting system.
COST OF SERVICE:
Type |
Nominal wattage |
Rate per Lamp per month Installation |
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“A” |
“B” |
Mercury Vapor* |
100 (now billed as SV 70) |
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Mercury Vapor* |
250 ( now billed as SV 150) |
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Mercury Vapor* |
400 (now billed as SV 400) |
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Mercury Vapor* |
1,000 (now billed as SV 1,000) |
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Sodium Vapor |
70 |
10.00 |
16.00 |
Sodium Vapor |
150 |
15.00 |
20.00 |
Sodium Vapor |
400 |
30.00 |
35.00 |
Sodium Vapor |
1,000 |
70.00 |
75.00 |
* Note HMLD no longer supplies Mercury Vapor bulbs as these bulbs expire they will be replaced as Sodium Vapor as shown above.
CASH DISCOUNT:
The above prices will be subject to a discount of ten (10) percent if payment is made within fifteen (15) days from the date of the bill provided there is no arrears.
TERM OF CONTRACT:
Service supplied hereunder will be for an initial term of twelve (12) months and shall continue thereafter until terminated by thirty (30) days prior written notice.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
The Department’s Terms and Conditions in effect from time to time, where not inconsistent with any specific provisions hereof, are a part of this schedule.
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