Terms and Conditions
1. You agree to purchase from us all of the electrical energy use on the property referred to on the reverse side of this document and will pay for all electric energy used by you in accordance with the rate schedules adopted by our Board of Directors from time to time and subject to the provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act of 1978, which amount will not be less than the minimum amount determined by the Board of Directors.
2. You will grant us at our request the necessary easements to serve and supply electric power to you. You grant to us the right of access to your property for purposes of service, installation and repair of electrical facilities.
3. You agree to be bound by and shall have all the rights and privileges granted to members under our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. You shall also be bound by all rules and regulations as may be adopted by our Board of Directors from time to time.
4. You understand that a connection fee of $15 will be charged on your first billing statement.
5. You understand that certain customers may be responsible for line extension fees.
6. You agree with our right and remedies for non-payment in accordance with our policy manual.
7. You understand that our policies are subject to change. Any policies which you receive at the time of this application are the policies in effect at the time of the application. You agree to be bound by all policies in our Policy Manual as amended. These policies which affect your involvement in and patronage of Cass County Electric Cooperative are available upon request. If you have elected to receive a lump sum payment for your patronage equity in the cooperative:
A. You will continue to own the patronage equity allocated to you by Cass County Electric Cooperative according to our bylaws and policies unless both of the following conditions exist: (i)Your membership with us terminates; (ii)at the time of termination the total patronage equity allocated or estimated to be allocated to you by us (prior to the application of any discount) totals $250 or less.
B. If at the time your membership with us terminates, the total patronage equity (prior to the application of any discount) allocated or estimated to be allocated to you by us is $250 or less, your patronage equity in Cass County Electric Cooperative, including any unallocated patronage equity which becomes allocable to you as a result of your business with us prior to termination, will be automatically transferred, assigned and conveyed to us without any further documentation.
C. In exchange for your allocated and unallocated patronage equity, we must pay you, and you accept as payment in full, a discounted portion of patronage equity previously allocated or estimated to be allocated to you at the time of termination, determined under our existing policies, who elects to be paid a lump sum in exchange for their patronage equity in Cass County Electric Cooperative, with the date of your termination used under the applicable policy.
D. We will make payment to you by crediting all or a portion of the balance owed to you against any amount due by you to us, by check sent to your last known address, or by any electronic funds transfer authorized by you.
8. You certify that all information on the reverse side of this document is complete and accurate.
9. The acceptance of this application by us shall constitute an agreement between Cass County Electric Cooperative and you upon the term hereinabove set forth.
10. If you have provided us a mobile (cellular) phone number:
A. You represent that the phone number provided belongs to you, and not a family member or other third party.
B. We and our agents and contractors may contact you concerning the status of your account, current or planned disruptions to your electric service or other cooperative business by, among other means, calls or texts to a mobile number you provided us through use of an automatic telephone dialer.
C. We may leave a rerecorded and/or text message in connection with any authorized communication we initiate to your mobile number.