Rural Electrification (Cost Apportionment) Regulations, R-24 Reg 1

1 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (COST APPORTIONMENT) R-24 REG 1 The Rural Electrification (Cost Apportionment) Regulations being Chapter R-24 Reg 1 (effective March 16, 1982). NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION R-24 REG 1 (COST APPORTIONMENT) Table of Contents 1 Title 2 Interpretation 3 Application 4 Eligibility 5 Apportionment of cost 6 Exceptional circumstances 7 Credit 8 Repayment 9 Credit to owner Appendix Form Form A Acknowledgment of Indebtedness 3 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (COST APPORTIONMENT) R-24 REG 1 CHAPTER R-24 REG 1 The Rural Electrification Act Title 1 These regulations may be cited as The Rural Electrification (Cost Apportionment) Regulations. Interpretation 2 In these regulations: (a) “Act” means The Rural Electrification Act; (b) “occupant” or “owner” means an occupant or owner described in section 3. 26 Mar 82 cR-24 Reg 1 s2. Application 3 These regulations apply to any occupant or owner of a farmstead not receiving an electrical service from the corporation. 26 Mar 82 cR-24 Reg 1 s3. Eligibility 4 An occupant or owner is entitled to receive an electrical service from the corporation where he: (a) submits an application to the corporation to receive electrical service; (b) pays the cost of making the connection, calculated pursuant to section 5 or 6; (c) prior to receiving the electrical service, enters into an electrical energy supply contract with the corporation, containing any provisions that the corporation may require; and (d) after receiving the electrical service, pays any account that is rendered by the corporation for supplying that service. 26 Mar 82 cR-24 Reg 1 s4. Apportionment of cost 5(1) In this section, “cost” means the cost of providing a run-off line, including the cost of all material and labour, the cost of staking a line, the cost of brush clearing and the cost of obtaining easements to provide electrical service to a single farmstead. (2) Where the run-off is 3.22 kilometres or less in length: (a) the corporation shall bear the first $500 of the cost; (b) the occupant or owner shall bear the next $1,000 of the cost; and (c) the corporation shall bear any balance of the cost. 4 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION R-24 REG 1 (COST APPORTIONMENT) (3) Where the run-off is more than 3.22 kilometres in length, the cost of the first 3.22 kilometres is to be shared in the manner described in subsection (2), and the occupant or owner shall bear any cost associated with providing the run-off in excess of 3.22 kilometres. (4) Where two or more farmsteads are to be supplied with electrical service by means of a run-off: (a) the occupants or owners shall bear the cost in any proportion that the corporation considers fair and equitable; and (b) where one transformer and one run-off can be used to serve more than one farmstead, the owners or occupants to be served by the transformer shall bear the cost of the transformer and run-off in equal shares. 26 Mar 82 cR-24 Reg 1 s5. Exceptional circumstances 6 Notwithstanding section 5, where: (a) the corporation considers that an exceptionally long run-off is required to give service to an owner or occupant; or (b) the occupant or owner requests that the run-off be constructed along a route different from and longer than that proposed by the corporation; the corporation may require, as the share of costs payable by the occupant or owner, an amount larger than the amount calculated in accordance with section 5. 26 Mar 82 cR-24 Reg 1 s6. Credit 7(1) For the purpose of section 7 of the Act, where credit is given to an owner, the owner shall: (a) pay to the corporation the amount of the credit given, together with interest on that amount, by installments during a period not exceeding six years; and (b) evidence his debt by signing an Acknowledgment of Indebtedness in Form A or in any other form that is substantially similar to Form A and that is satisfactory to the corporation. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) the corporation may extend the period of credit on any terms that it considers necessary or expedient. (3) Prior to giving credit, the corporation may require an owner to make a down payment of $200. 26 Mar 82 cR-24 Reg 1 s7. 5 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (COST APPORTIONMENT) R-24 REG 1 Repayment 8(1) The owner shall pay the amount of credit mentioned in section 7 to the corporation at any times and on any terms that may be provided for in the Acknowledgment of Indebtedness. (2) Subject to section (3), where the amount of any payment mentioned in subsection (1) remains unpaid for more than 30 days after the date it is due, it is deemed to be in arrears for the purposes of sections 7 and 8 of the Act. (3) The corporation may extend the time for making a payment mentioned in subsection (1). (4) Where the whole or any part of an amount owing remains unpaid after the expiration of a period extended under subsection (3), the amount is deemed to be in arrears for the purposes of sections 7 and 8 of the Act. 26 Mar 82 cR-24 Reg 1 s8. Credit to owner 9 Notwithstanding that the supply of electrical energy is to be given to an occupant of a farmstead on application of the owner of the farmstead, the corporation may grant credit pursuant to section 7 to the owner for the purpose of supplying an electrical service to the farmstead. 26 Mar 82 cR-24 Reg 1 s9. 6 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION R-24 REG 1 (COST APPORTIONMENT) APPENDIX FORM A [Section 7] ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS I, _______________________________, of __________, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Farmer, do hereby acknowledge my indebtedness to Saskatchewan Power Corporation in the sum of Dollars ($ ____________________), being a portion of the cost of a line or run-off or a line and run-off by means of which electrical service is to be made available on the land located at_______________ quarter of section __________, in Township ____________ , and Range ________ , West of the _______ Meridian, of which land I am the registered owner or purchaser under an agreement for sale (original copy which the Corporation at its option may request to be attached for perusal). (strike out inapplicable words) And I hereby promise to pay the above sum to Saskatchewan Power Corporation at its head office in the City of Regina by the following installments: together with interest on the above sum, or as much of the sum that from time to time remains unpaid at the rate of _____________________% per annum, calculated from the date of execution of this Acknowledgment. And I declare that I fully understand that if any of the above amounts become in arrears, Saskatchewan Power Corporation may take steps to have the same collected in accordance with section 8 of The Rural Electrification Act. DATED AT _______ , Saskatchewan, this _______ day of __________________, 19 ____ . ___________________________________________ Witness ___________________________________________ _______________________________ Address Owner ___________________________________________ Occupation 26 Mar 82 cR-24 Reg 1. 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