Transformer Installations

The Association will strive, at all times, to provide the member-consumer with transformer capacity deemed adequate to deliver his estimated load requirements at a satisfactory voltage.

1. Transformer Capacity Required - The terms "required transformer capacity" used in connection with determining the minimum bill under a rate schedule shall be defined as the manufacturer’s standardized nameplate capacity in kva which most nearly equals that required to carry the consumer’s estimated maximum load. The Association may, at times, find it convenient or advisable to install larger transformers than actually required and, in such cases, the minimum bill will be computed in accordance with the required transformer capacity.
   
   Where two or more consumers are served from the same transformer, the minimum charge for each shall be computed in accordance with the required transformer capacity for each, except those consumers residing in towns or villages.
2. Appliance and Equipment Surveys - The Association will conduct periodic appliance and equipment surveys to aid in determining the adequacy of installed transformers at the consumer’s premises and an analysis of the connected load will always be made in cases of voltage complaints.
3. Transformer Changes - Transformer changes shall be made as soon as is practical in all cases where it has been determined that the capacity is not adequate to deliver a consumer’s load at a satisfactory voltage.
   
   A transformer shall not be changed for one of lessor capacity for the sole purpose of reducing the minimum monthly guarantee until it has been in service for at least one year, except in such extreme cases as destruction of buildings with no plan of replacement or a change of ownership or occupancy.