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"(a) There is hereby imposed a tax upon every person using electricity in <br /> the City. The tax imposed by this Section shall be at the rate of six <br /> (6 %) percent of the charges made for such electricity, and for any <br /> • <br /> supplemental services or other associated activities directly related <br /> and/or necessary for the provision of electricity to the end -user, which <br /> are provided by a service supplier or non - utility supplier to a service <br /> user. The tax shall be paid by the person paying for such electricity or <br /> supplemental services." <br /> Section 8. Section 2- 4- 205(b) of the Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as <br /> follows: <br /> "(b) "Charges," as used in this Section, shall include: (1) energy charge; <br /> • <br /> (2) distribution or transmission charge; (3) metering charge; (4) stand- <br /> by, reserves, firming, ramping, voltage support, regulation, emergency, <br /> or other similar minimum charges for service; (5) customer charge, <br /> service charge, demand charge, fuel or other cost adjustments, power <br /> exchange charge, independent system operator (ISO) charge, stranded <br /> investment or competitive transition charge (CTC), public purpose <br /> program charge, nuclear decommissioning charge, trust transfer amount <br /> (bond financing charge), franchise fee, franchise surcharge; and (6) all <br /> other annual and monthly charges or surcharges for electricity services <br /> or programs, which are authorized by the City Council, the California <br /> Public Utilities Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory <br /> Commission, whether or not such charges appear on a bundled or line <br /> item basis on the customer billing. "Charges" shall also include the <br /> value of any other services, credits, property of every kind or nature, or <br /> other consideration provided by the service user in exchange for the <br /> electricity or services related to the provision of such electricity." <br /> Section 9. Section 2- 4- 205(c) of the Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as <br /> follows: <br /> "(c) As used in this Section, the term "using electricity" shall not be <br /> construed to mean the storage of electrical energy by a person in a <br /> battery that he owns or possesses for use in an automobile or other <br /> machinery or device apart from the premises upon which the electricity <br /> was received; provided, however, the term shall include the receiving of <br /> such electricity for the purpose of using it in the charging of batteries. <br /> The term shall not include electricity used in water pumping by water <br /> 5 <br />