General Service [A] Rate Schedule (GSA)

AVAILABILITY
This rate shall apply to the firm power requirements (where a customer’s contract demand is 5,000 kW or less) for electric service to commercial, industrial, and governmental customers; and to institutional customers including, without limitation, churches, clubs, fraternities, orphanages, nursing homes, rooming or boarding houses, and like customers. This rate shall also apply to customers to whom service is not available under any other resale rate schedule.

CHARACTER OF SERVICE
Alternating current, single or three-phase, 60 hertz.  Power shall be delivered at a voltage available in the vicinity or agreed to by Bristol Tennessee Essential Services (BTES).

BASE CHARGES
1.If (a) the higher of  (i) the customer’s current effective contract demand, if any, or (ii) its highest billing demand during the latest 12-month period is not more than 50 kW and  (b) customer’s monthly energy takings for any month during such period do not exceed 15,000 kWh:

Customer Charge: $14.29 per delivery point per month
Energy Charge: 7.557 cents plus .349 cents environmental charge plus 1.904 cents fuel cost adjustment to equal 9.810 cents per kWh

2. If (a) the higher of (i) the customer’s current effective contract demand, if any, or (ii) its highest billing demand during the latest 12-month period is greater than 50 kW but not more than 1,000 kW or (b) if the customer’s billing demand is less than 50 kW and its energy takings for any month during such period exceed 15,000 kWh:

Customer Charge: $25.51 per delivery point per month
Demand Charge: First 50 kW of billing demand per month, no demand charge.

Excess over 50 kW of billing demand per month, at $10.38 plus $.45 environmental charge to equal $10.83  per kW, plus an additional $10.38 plus $.45 environmental charge to equal $10.83 per kW per month for each kW by which billing demand exceeds the higher of 50kW or contract demand.

Energy Charge: First 15,000 kWh per month at 7.510 cents plus .349 cents environmental charge plus 1.904 cents fuel cost adjustment to equal 9.763 cents per kWh.  Additional kWh per month at 4.158 cents plus .197 cents environmental charge plus 1.871 cents fuel cost adjustment to equal 6.226 cents per kWh.

3. If (a) the higher of the customer’s current effective contract demand, if any, or (b) its highest billing demand during the latest 12-month period is greater than 1,000 kW:

Customer Charge: $25.51 per delivery point per month
Demand Charge: First 1,000 kW of billing demand per month, at $10.45 plus $.49 environmental charge to equal $10.94 per kW. Additional kW of billing demand per month, at $12.31 plus $.57 environmental charge to equal $12.88 per kW plus an additional $12.31 plus $.57 environmental charge to equal $12.88 per kW per month for each kW by which billing demand exceeds its contract demand.

Energy Charge: All kWh per month at 4.158 cents plus .197 cents environmental charge plus 1.871 cents fuel cost adjustment to equal 6.226 cents per kWh.

ADJUSTMENT
The base demand and energy charges shall be increased or decreased in accordance with the current Adjustment Addendum published by TVA.  (In addition, such charges shall be increased or decreased to correspond to increases or decreases determined by TVA in the value of the hydro generation benefit allocated to residential customers.)

DETERMINATION OF DEMAND
BTES shall meter the demands in kW of all customers having loads in excess of 50 kW.  The metered demand for any month shall be the highest average during any 30-consecutive-minute period of the month of the load metered in kW.  The measured demand for any month shall be the highest average during any 30-consecutive-minute period of the month of (a) the load metered in kW or (b) 85 percent of the load in kVA plus an additional 10 percent for that part of the load over 5,000 kVA, and such measured demand shall be used as the billing demand, except that the billing demand for any month shall in no case be less than 30 percent of the higher of the current effective contract demand or the highest billing demand established during the preceding 12 months.

MINIMUM BILL
The monthly bill shall not be less than the higher of (1)$14.29 or (2) the sum of (a) the base customer charge, (b) the base demand charge, as adjusted, applied to 30 percent of the higher of the current effective contract demand, or the highest billing demand established during the preceding 12 months, and (c) the base energy charge, as adjusted, applied to the customer's energy takings or (3) the sum of (a) the base customer charge and (b) 20 percent of the portion of the base demand charge, as adjusted (but excluding the additional portion thereof applicable to excess of billing demand over contract demand) applicable to the second block (excess over 50 kW) of billing demand, multiplied by the higher of the customer's current effective contract demand or its highest bill demand established during the preceding 12 months.

SEASONAL SERVICE
Customers who contract for service on a seasonal basis shall be limited to 2,500 kW and shall pay the above charges, as adjusted, plus an additional seasonal use charge equal to the sum of 1.33 cents per kWh for the first 15,000 kWh per month and $4.00 per kW per month of billing demand in excess of 50 kW.  Consistent with BTES’ standard policy, the customer may arrange for seasonal testing of equipment during off-peak hours.  For such customers, the minimum bill provided for above shall not apply.  BTES may require additional charges to provide recovery of costs for customer-specific distribution facilities.

CONTRACT REQUIREMENT
BTES may require contracts for all service provided under this rate schedule. Customers whose demand requirements exceed 50 kW shall be required to execute contracts and such contracts shall be for an initial term of at least one year.  The customer shall contract for its maximum requirements, which shall not exceed the amount of power capable of being used by customer, and BTES shall not be obligated to supply in greater amount at any time than the customer’s current effective contract demand.  If the customer uses any power other than that supplied by BTES under this rate schedule, the contract may include other special provisions.  The rate schedule in any power contract shall be subject to adjustment, modification, change, or replacement from time to time as provided under the power contract between BTES and TVA.

PAYMENT
Bills under this rate schedule will be rendered monthly.  Any amount of bill unpaid after the due date specified on the bill may be subject to additional charges under BTES standard policy.

SINGLE-POINT DELIVERY
The charges under this rate schedule are based upon the supply of service through a single delivery and metering point, and at a single voltage.  If service is supplied to the same customer through more than one point of delivery or at different voltages, the supply of service at each delivery and metering point and at each different voltage shall be separately metered and billed.

***Service is subject to the Rules and Regulations of BTES

Effective 10/1/08