Outdoor Lighting Administrative Guidelines

(Security/Guard Lights & Flood Lights)

Administrative Guidelines for outdoor lighting effective 1-1-02 are in accordance with a recently approved revision to our UCOS Outdoor Lighting tariff.

• Maintenance: Existing lights should continue to be handled the same as in the past. The tariff states that "Company will maintain all facilities incidental to providing this service, including replacement of burned-out lamps". Company personnel should continue to repair all facilities necessary to provide outdoor lighting service, including replacement of poles, wires, fixtures, bulbs, or photocells.
• Relocations: Outdoor lights associated with highway or street projects and other relocations not requested by the end-use consumer should be handled in the same manner as in the past, i.e., relocate the light with no charge to the end-use consumer if it is associated with a street widening or straightening. When Competitive Retailers (CR) or end-use consumers request that poles with outdoor lights attached be relocated, the poles should be relocated in accordance with discretionary tariff DD9 - Facilities Relocation/Removal Charge. In this situation, there will be a charge to the requesting party for the total cost of the relocation. When the requesting party is an end-use consumer, payment must be received prior to performing any work.
• Charge for Replacement/Removal of Outdoor Lights: The Company's Outdoor Lighting tariff states that: "Company will replace existing Company-owned luminaires with any of the outdoor lighting options above or remove the existing luminaire upon request of and payment by Retail Customer of $73.00 for each luminaire to cover the labor cost of removal and Company's average unamortized investment in the existing luminaire. This charge is applicable to all replacements whether or not an outdoor lighting service is active or inactive or a customer change has taken or is taking place."

The following guidelines should be used when replacing/removing outdoor lights:

• Replacement: The $73 charge will apply for CR-requested replacement of outdoor lights with any available outdoor lighting option. This request must be initiated by the CR serving the outdoor light premise.
• Removal: A removal charge will apply when a CR or end-use consumer requests removal of an outdoor light. When the outdoor light is on a pole with other distribution facilities, only the $73 charge will apply to cover the labor cost for removal of the luminaire and the Company's average unamortized investment in the existing luminaire. For situations where the outdoor light is on a dedicated outdoor light pole only, design personnel should estimate the cost of removal of only the pole, wires, and transformer (if applicable) in accordance with discretionary tariff DD9 - Facilities Relocation/Removal Charge. In addition, $73 should be added to the estimate to cover the labor cost for removal of the luminaire and the Company's average unamortized investment in the existing luminaire. When the requesting party is an end-use consumer, payment must be received prior to performing any work.
• Disconnection/Reconnection: When a CR closes an outdoor light account, a $44 disconnect at pole charge will apply. This charge is assessed for each premise. Even if there is more than one light associated with a premise, only charge $44 per premise. If you are only disconnecting a portion of the lights on a premise, i.e., two out of seven lights, charge $44 for the disconnect. The outdoor light should be disconnected or the bulb should be removed - do not remove the outdoor light. When a CR reactivates an existing outdoor light account, a $54 reconnect at pole charge will apply. If there is more than one light associated with a premise, only charge $54 per premise. If you are only reconnecting a portion of the lights on a premise, i.e., two out of seven lights, charge $54 for the reconnect.