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Terms and Conditions
PAYMENTS AND COMMUNICATION
Customer, Cosigner, and other responsible
party shall pay KPUB monthly for service rendered, at the rates
and upon the terms and conditions of the KPUB Service Regulations
and paid for pursuant to KPUBs Rate Schedule for the class
of service supplied hereunder. KPUBs Rate Schedules and Service
Regulations are both incorporated herein by reference and made a
part hereof and are on file at KPUBs offices and at the City
of Kerrville. All references to KPUBs Rate Schedules and Service
Regulations contained herein shall be to those then in effect.
The initial billing period hereunder
shall start when Customer begins using electric power and energy,
or 30 days after KPUB notifies Customer in writing that such service
is available hereunder, whichever shall occur first.
Bills for utility service hereunder
shall be due and payable at the office of KPUB, 2250 Memorial Blvd.,
Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas, monthly in accordance with the KPUBs
Rate Schedules and Service Regulations. Customer, Cosigner, and
other responsible party agrees to pay for same as measured by KPUBs
meter according to Rate Schedules of KPUB. Service under this agreement
may be disconnected for nonpayment. If service is disconnected for
nonpayment, a currently approved reconnect charge plus the account
balance due will be collected by KPUB before electric service will
be restored. In the case of discontinuance or termination prior
to a contracted period, the Customer, Cosigner and other responsible
party will owe KPUB not only the amount due for service hereunder,
but as liquidated damages to KPUB and not as a penalty, a further
sum equal to the minimum amounts guaranteed under KPUBs Rate
Schedules then in effect.
Any communications between KPUB and
Customer and payments provided for herein to be given or made, may
be given or made by mailing the same to KPUB at KPUBs offices
and to Customer at Customers address specified on the reverse
side hereof or at such other addresses as either party may in writing
hereafter indicate to the other as hereafter provided. It is the
Customers responsibility to deliver current billing payments
to the KPUB office before 5:00 P.M. or the designated collection
points by the time posted at the designated location on or before
the due date as noted on the billing. Any notice to be given or
to be served upon any party hereto, in connection with this agreement,
must in writing, and may be given by certified or registered mail
and shall be deemed to have been given and received when a certified
or registered letter containing such notice, properly addressed,
with postage prepaid, is deposited in the United States mail, and
if given otherwise than by certified or registered mail, it shall
be deemed to have been given when delivered to and received by the
party to whom it is addressed. Such notices shall be given to the
parties hereto at the addresses specified on the reverse side hereof.
Either party may, at any time be giving five (5) days written
notice to the other party, designate any other addresses in substitution
of such addresses to which such notice, communication or payment
shall be given.
EASEMENTS AND SERVICE PROVIDED
Customer hereby grants KPUB right-of-way
and easement necessary for service and KPUB hereunder, over, or
upon the land at the Service Address and adjoining land owned, leased,
or controlled by Customer including, upon the termination of this
agreement for any reason the right to remove from such premises
all meters and other property of KPUB. Customer agrees to permit
authorized agents of KPUB free access to such premises of Customer
for the purpose of connecting, inspecting, testing, reading, repairing
or removing the meter or other property of KPUB, and Customer expressly
agrees not to permit anyone other than authorized agents of KPUB
to moles or otherwise tamper with property of KPUB or to remove
its seals from same. KPUB shall have the right, but shall not be
obligated, to inspect any installation before electric service is
introduced, or at any later time, and reserves the right to reject
any wiring or appliances not in accordance with KPUBs standards,
but such inspection or failure to inspect or reject shall not be
regarded as an insurance against defects in installation, wiring
or appliances and shall not render KPUB liable for any loss or damage,
resulting from defects in the installation, wiring or appliances
or from violation of KPUBs Rules and Regulations, or from
accidents which may occur Customers premises. KPUB makes no
warranty that the electric service to be furnished hereunder is
of merchantable quality or that the same can be used for any particular
purpose and KPUB DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
KPUB does not guarantee continuous
service, and will not be liable for loss or damage caused by unavoidable
accident, or causes which KPUB could not reasonably have foreseen
and guarded against.
The obligation of KPUB hereunder shall
be suspended to the extent that KPUB is hindered or prevented from
complying therewith, and KPUB shall not be responsible for any losses
resulting from, labor disturbances or differences from workmen or
employees, including strikes and lockouts, acts of God, fires, embargo,
storms, accidents, federal, state, municipal or other governmental
action, statues, ordinances, regulations, by lack of or inability
to obtain raw materials, labor, fuel or supplies, or interferences
or any other contingency, circumstance of cause whatsoever beyond
the control of KPUB. Customer hereby waives any existing and future
claims and offsets against the sums or other payments due hereunder,
and agrees to pay same and other amounts regardless of any offset
for claim that may be asserted by Customer. No delay or omission
to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to KPUB on any breach
or default, or any acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar
breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of
any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach
or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit,
consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of KPUB
of any provision or condition of this agreement must be in writing
and shall be effective only to the extent set forth specifically
in such writing. All remedies, either under this agreement or by
law, or otherwise afforded to KUPB, shall be cumulative and not
alternative.
All easements, contracts, customer
contributions and fees, inspections, and other required items or
transactions must be completed and submitted to KPUB before service
can be provided
Applications requiring a line extension
may require up to 90 days to provide service. Generally, all requests
are filled on a first come, first served basis.
The point of delivery for electric
service and the meter location shall be determined by KPUB. KPUB
will issue a meter socket for permanent service to be installed
by customer to KPUB specifications.
DEPOSITS
Customer hereby delivers to KPUB the
Deposit referenced herein as deposit to guarantee the payment of
any and all indebtedness payable by Customer to KPUB including,
without limitation, indebtedness for electricity and other service,
which may be, or become, due payable to KPUB by Customer. This Deposit
is made with the express understanding and agreement that KPUB is
hereby given the right and privilege to use said sum of money in
any manner it may desire while the same is on deposit, including
without limitation the offset of the Deposit against any sum or
obligation payable to KPUB under this agreement. The deposit may
be commingled with other funds of KPUB and will be held without
interest accruing on the balance. Upon termination of this agreement
the Deposit will be returned to Customer less all offsets and sums
payable to KPUB.
In the event Customer has paid bills
for twelve (12) (24 for commercial accounts) consecutive months
without having service being disconnected for payment or without
having more than two occasions in which a bill was delinquent, the
deposit shall be refunded.
DEFAULT
On the happening of any default or
failure to comply with or meet any KPUB Service Policy by Customer,
KPUB may without notice or demand terminate service and pursue any
remedy or combination of remedies, at law or in equity, available
to KPUB.
AGREEMENT
This agreement embodies the entire
agreement between the parties. It may not be modified or terminated
except as provided herein, by other written agreement, or by change
of the KPUB Rates and Tariffs. If any provision herein is for any
reason held to be illegal, unenforceable or invalid in any respect,
it shall be considered deleted herefrom and shall not affect or
invalidate the provision of this agreement and this agreement shall
be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions
had never been contained herein. Whenever the context hereof shall
so require, the singular shall include the plural, the male gender
shall include the female gender, and the neuter and vice versa.
This agreement is not assignable by
Customer except by written consent of KPUB.
This agreement is performable in Kerr
County, Texas. Venue of any litigation arising hereunder shall be
in Kerr County, Texas. In the event of any action filed in relation
to this agreement, Customer, in addition to all other sums that
Customer may be called on to pay, will pay to KPUB a reasonable
sum for KPUBs attorneys fees and expenses incurred in
connections therewith.
This agreement shall become effective
on the date of execution and acceptance by KPUB, and shall continue
from thereafter until terminated, as herein provided or by Customer,
provided that such termination shall not release or terminate any
obligation payable on or prior to termination.
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