1986-06-23 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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Section V-Service Rules and Regulations Sheet No. E1 Terms and Conditions for Sale of Electric Service Page 2 of 4 HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY HL~P 90 responsible therefor. To the extent allowed by law, the customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Company and its agents harmless from and against all claims, causes of action, liability, the losses, costs and expenses of any kind for personal injury, death and property damage arising out of or resulting (a) from the design, installation, operation or maintenance of the lines, wires, switches or other equipment on the Customer's side of the point of delivery or (b) from energiZation by the Customer of the Company's lines through operation of equipment within the Customer's control without 24 hours advance notice to the Company's dispatcher. The obligation to indemnify pursuant to (a) and (b) shall apply without regard to the negligence of the Company or its agents if the negligence of both the Customer and the Company or their respective agents were proximate causes of such personal injury, death or property damage, but shall not apply when proximately caused by the sole negligence of the Company or its agents. 4. The Company will supply to one premises only one point of delivery and only one of the standard types of service listed in the Service Standards or one of the available transmission voltages, and Customer's installation is to be so arranged that the Company can measure the Customer's electric service with one meter. The Company will not install and maintain any lines and equipment on the Customer's side of the point of delivery except its meter. The Customer will provide, in accordance with the Company's Service Standards and free of expense to the Company, locations for the installation of the Company's meter and other equipment and acceptable right of way for facilities erected solely to make service available to Customer. The Customer will install and maintain all his wiring and apparatus in accordance with good electric practice, all applicable lawful regulations, and in such condition and manner as not to endanger persons or property, or to cause impairment of the Company's service to the Customer, or its other customers; and the Customer will obtain all necessary permits and certificates of inspection covering his electric installation. 'The Customer will not permit any other party to use the service supplied to the Customer by the Company, or extend or connect his installation to lines aEross or under a street, alley, lane, court or other public or private space in order to obtain service for other premises, even though such other premises be owned by the Customer, except in the case of Customer owned street lighting installations. 5. Certain types of equipment used by Customers have electrical characteristics which may cause serious fluctuations of voltage and interfere with the service of the Company to its Customers. In such cases the Company may decline to serve such equipment under the Company's established rate schedules until the Customer having such equipment, has provided at his expense, suitable apparatus to hold to reasonable limits the effect of such fluctuations. Circumstances may require such equipment to be supplied separately from other service, and in such event, the Company may require additional contract arrangements and construction charges and may meter and bill such service separately from other service supplied to the Customer. Where the Customer owns generating equipment and proposes to operate this equipment in parallel with and concurrent Revision Number: 8th Effective: EXH161T A ~T PAGE 1 ~ OF_~.