Service under Rate Schedule "23" is available to any residential customer provided:

(a).  The Customer is located within the service area of Greater Dickson Gas Authority; and

(b).  The Customer’s property served under Rate Schedule "23" is located within Cheatham County, Tennessee; and

(c).  The Customer is served individually through a separate meter; and

(d).  The Customer meets the following definition of a residential customer:

Residential service is defined as service to single private residences, including the separate private units of apartment houses and other multiple dwellings, actually used for residential purposes, that are separately metered.

Service under Rate Schedule "23" shall be considered firm service.

The net rate for service under Rate Schedule "23" for each monthly billing period shall be the sum of the Customer Charge and the Commodity Charge, each calculated as follows:

Customer Charge:

 $6.00

Commodity Charge:

 $0.8021 per therm

 

The Commodity Charge shall be subject to the Purchased Gas Adjustment of Greater Dickson Gas Authority.

The minimum bill for each monthly billing period shall be the Customer Charge. The minimum bill will be billed for each monthly billing period beginning with the date of initial service and ending with the date service is terminated at the request of the Customer, inclusive.

Bills for service under Rate Schedule "23" will be rendered monthly. Each bill rendered for service is due and payable on the date it is issued. The rates and charges under Rate Schedule "23" are net, the gross rate being ten percent (10%) higher. In the event the current monthly bill is not paid on or before the last date for payment as specified on the bill, the gross rate shall apply to any unpaid amount of the bill.

All requests for new or additional service or the transfer of existing service to higher priority end use will be supplied based on the judgment of Greater Dickson Gas Authority as to the available gas supply, the load factor or use pattern of the Customer, end use priority as may be specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"), impact on the local economy, and the laws of the State of Tennessee.

All service provided hereunder is subject to the Rules and Regulations of Greater Dickson Gas Authority which may from time to time be in effect.

Gas service under Rate Schedule "23" is subject to the curtailment provisions contained within Rate Schedule "90", Schedule for Interrupting and Curtailing Gas Service.