Commercial New Construction Application

To Whom It May Concern:

To establish electric service for your business, please complete the attached application. Return the completed form with a photo ID of at least one signer on the application. A Tax ID number or other documentation showing eligibility to conduct business in the state of Nevada is also required to start a business account.

The $10 membership fee can be billed on your first statement with a credit reference letter in the name of the business showing zero late payments in the last twelve months of service with another power company. If no credit reference letter is available, the deposit is equal to two times the highest actual monthly bill at that particular address or a minimum of $300. The $60 non-refundable connect fee will be billed on your first billing statement.

You can choose the date to have your bill due each month if desired. Please specify any date between the he 1st and the 28th of the month.

If you have any questions, please contact the New Business Department at the phone number listed below or at newbusiness@vea.coop

Thank you,

Customer Service

Application for New Membership

Agreement established, between Valley Electric Association (VEA), and _____________________ (hereinafter called the “MEMBER”) upon the following terms and conditions:

1. This membership shall be effective upon acceptance of this application, and all rights and privileges thereto shall continue as long as the member (a) purchases electric energy from VEA and (b) complies with and be bound by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Amended Bylaws of VEA and any amendments thereto and such Rules and Regulations, service policies and billing procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Board of Directors.
2. The MEMBER, by becoming a member, assumes no personal liability or responsibility for any debts or liabilities of VEA, and it is expressly understood that under the law the MEMBER’S private property cannot be attached for any debts or liabilities of VEA.
3. The MEMBER, through this application and agreement, and in consideration of VEA’S furnishing electric service, hereby grants and conveys all necessary and convenient right-of-way, easements, rights of ingress and egress to VEA for the purposes of installing, furnishing and maintaining electric service and facilities to the MEMBER, which shall include the right to clear right of-way. MEMBER agrees to work with and provide easement to VEA for extending new facilities or relocation of existing facilities.
4. Production or use of electric energy on the MEMBER’S premises, regardless of the source thereof, by means of facilities, which shall be interconnected with VEA facilities, shall be subject to appropriate Rules and Regulations as shall be adopted by VEA. Such facilities interconnected with VEA’S facilities shall require execution of an Interconnection Agreement between the MEMBER and VEA.
5. SIGNING this agreement constitutes permission to collect previous credit information for the purpose of determining payment history.
6. In the event the MEMBER defaults on any charges for electric service, construction, extension or any other accounts, VEA shall have the right to collect the entire balance of all monies due and VEA may elect any remedy at law as well as the right to disconnect its electric facilities and lines; in the event of an action at law to enforce collection, the MEMBER agrees to pay VEA’S collection costs ,attorney fees and court costs.
7. VEA shall have the right to apply any or all the MEMBER’S unretired Patronage Capital toward the payment of the MEMBER’S unpaid billing balance(s).
8. The MEMBER’S membership in VEA and termination or withdrawal of membership shall be governed by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Amended Bylaws of VEA and any amendments thereto and such Rules and Regulations, service policies and billing procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the board of Directors.
9. CONTINUITY OF SERVICE: VEA shall use reasonable diligence to provide a constant and uninterrupted supply of electric power and energy hereunder. If the supply of electric power shall fail or be interrupted, or become defective through an act of God, Government authority, action of the elements, public enemy, accident, labor trouble, required maintenance work, inability to secure right-of-way or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of VEA, VEA shall therefore not be liable for damages caused thereby.
10. BY SIGNING this application and agreement, the patrons of VEA, by dealing with VEA, acknowledge that the terms and provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws shall constitute and be a contract between VEA and each patron, and both VEA and the patrons are bound by such contract, as fully as though each patron had individually signed a separate instrument containing such terms and provision. The provisions of this Article of the Bylaws shall be called to the attention of each patron of VEA.
11. SUCCESSION AND APPROVAL: This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors, legal representatives and assigns of the respective parties hereto. It is agreed that the venue for the enforcement or interpretation of the Agreement shall be Nye County, Nevada.

Construction Application for Electric Service

Non-refundable Engineering Fee $600.00

2. PAYMENT

The Owner agrees to pay the Association for service hereunder at the rates and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the appropriate rate classification for this service. The Association will determine the rate/construction classification. Owner also agrees to pay any and all amounts associated with the installation of underground/overhead service as designated within the Rules and Regulations of the Association.

3. CONDITIONS

Service shall be rendered at rates and conditions in effect or that may become effective during the time the service is rendered as set forth in the Association’s tariff schedules and approved by the Association’s Board of Directors. The Owner agrees to provide any required underground service trench in conformance with the Association’s specifications from the Association distribution facilities to an approved electric service termination facility. Applications for service not completed within 90 days from the time it is received in our Construction Department will be closed and unencumbered fees returned. The 90- day period pertains to consumer/applicant delays and does not include VEA construction delays.

4. RIGHTS-OF-WAY

Owner(s) of the above described property do hereby grant and convey to Valley Electric Association permission to provide access to install and maintain utility service facilities.

Extension of power lines necessary to supply electric service will be made by the Association only upon and across properties on which it has the legal right to construct, maintain and operate power lines, and upon lands and real property over which rights-of-way satisfactory to the Association can be obtained without cost to the Association. Each prospective member may also be requested to secure all necessary and convenient rights-of-way from adjacent property owners upon whose land it may be necessary to locate the lines to serve such members.

Property Owner Release

I/We, the above listed property owner(s), am/are granting the contractor/builder listed below the authorization to build on our property. It is our understanding that an electrical service account with Valley Electric Association (VEA) will be established in the name of our contractor/builder. Upon completion of the electrical service work order and the receipt of all required permits from the appropriate governmental entity, it will be our responsibility to meet membership and deposit requirements to have the account transferred or opened into our name. Until such time, the account will remain in the name of our contractor/builder.

1. Contractor/Builder

Signature of Owners

Grade Certification

I hereby certify that the elevations of the above described lot are within 6" of final grade, or that I have submitted a complete and final set of property grading plans with this document. By signing this instrument, I give Valley Electric Association the authorization to proceed with the design and installation of their electrical facilities on or across my property.

I understand that Valley Electric's facilities will be installed on my property using the existing grades and elevations, or on the basis of the grading plans submitted with this certificate. If any grade changes are made after the installation of Valley's facilities and these changes cause Valley Electric to modify or alter their facilities, all such alteration and/or modification expenses will be charged to the owner of the lot.

Preliminary Plot Plan

Preliminary Plot Plan Form (PDF)

Example

Preliminary Plot Plan Example (PDF)

Panel Load Calculation Worksheet

Lighting

Connected Loads:

1. The nameplate rating of all appliances that are fastened in place, permanently connected, or located to be on a specific circuit (Water heaters, space heaters, ranges, refrigerators, etc.).
2. 180 VA for each general-use receptacle.
3. Maximum VA of lighting fixtures.
4. VA of all motors based on full load amps from table 430-147, 148, 149, and 150 of the NEC.

Calculated Demand Load:

The connected load after any code required adjustment factor has been applied.
Load calculations shall be submitted/expressed in VA and converted to amps when sizing feeders and equipment.