Section 8 - Customer's Use of Service

8-A RESALE FORBIDDEN. All purchased electric service on the premises of the Customer shall be supplied exclusively by the Company, and the Customer shall not directly or indirectly, sell, sublet, assign, or otherwise dispose of, the electric service, or any part thereof, without the consent of the Company. This rule does not apply to a public utility company purchasing service at wholesale expressly for the purpose of distributing it to others.

8-B FLUCTUATIONS AND DISTURBANCES. Electric service must not be used in such manner as to cause unusual fluctuations or disturbances in the Company's supply system, and in the cause of violation of this rule, the Company may discontinue service, or require the Customer to modify his installation and/or equip it with approved controlling devices.

8-C TYPE OF INSTALLATION. Motor and other installations connected to the Company's lines must be of a type to use minimum starting current and must conform to the requirements of the Company as to wiring, character of equipment, and control devices.

8-D UNBALANCED LOAD. The Customer shall at all times take and use energy in such manner that the load will be balanced between phases to within nominally 10%. In the event of unbalanced polyphase loads, the Company reserves the right to require the Customer to make the necessary changes at his expense to correct the unsatisfactory condition, or to compute the demand used for billing purposes on the assumption that the load on each phase is equal to that on the greatest phase.

8-E CHANGES OF INSTALLATION. The Customer shall give proper notice to the Company of any substantial increase or decrease in, or change of purpose or of location proposed in his installation. Failure to give notice of substantial additions or changes in load or location shall render the Customer liable for any damage to the meters, auxiliary apparatus, the transformers, or wires, of the Company, caused by the additional or changed installation.

8-F POWER FACTOR. All customers whose rated capacity of electrical equipment exceeds 50 horsepower shall maintain an average power factor of 85 per centum for each month. If such power factor is less than 85 per centum in any case the Company may request the Customer to make such changes in or additions to his equipment as will bring the power factor to at least 85 per centum. If such changes or additions are not made within three months after such request, then until such changes or additions are made, the monthly bill, so calculated under the rate applicable to the particular service, shall be multiplied by one of the following constants:

Average Monthly Power Factor	Constants
.85 to .81	1.00
.80 to .76	1.02
.75 to .71	1.05
.70 to .66	1.08
.65 to .61	1.12
.60 to .56	1.18
.55 to .51	1.24
.50 or less	1.33

8-G USE OF POWER FACTOR CORRECTIVE EQUIPMENT. The use of equipment by the Customer for power factor correction must conform to requirements of the Company as to electrical characteristics of equipment and its operation and control. The Customer may be required to limit the size of his static capacitor installation or to maintain effective control of his capacitors or other corrective equipment in order to prevent the use of such equipment from causing excessive voltage at the service. Corrective equipment installed by the Customer must be located on the load side of his service disconnecting device.

8-H BILLING OF FRACTIONAL KW OR KVA in D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, and E1-A (wholesale tariff). Whenever a rate requires the use of the demand in either KW or KVA, fractions of less than 1/2 shall not be used and fractions of 1/2 or more shall be considered 1 KW or KVA.

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