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Wadsworth holds third reading of ordinance to amend electric rates
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting the Wadsworth City Council conducted a third reading of Ordinance No. 25-218, sponsored by Council Member Tom Stugmyer, which revises Section 52.01 (electric rates) to set new tiered residential rates, time-of-use options, and net-metering rules; the ordinance names Jan. 1, 2026 as the effective billing start but the transcript does not record vote tallies.
Wadsworth City Council conducted the third reading of Ordinance No. 25-218, sponsored by Council Member Tom Stugmyer, which would amend Section 52.01 of the city code governing electric service rates. The published ordinance text sets a residential minimum monthly charge of $10.00 and itemizes tiered energy charges (for example, within corporate limits the first 500 kWh are listed at $0.11349 per kWh). The measure includes a wholesale power cost-adjustment formula and multiple rate schedules including an optional Residential Time-of-Use ("R-TOU") plan and net-metering provisions that carry an annual reset of net-excess-generation credits after the customer's December billing cycle.
The ordinance text declares the measure an emergency for "the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety" and states the version of Section 52.01 would apply to all initial billings after January 1, 2026. The transcript contains the full ordinance language and publication certificate but does not show a recorded roll-call tally or whether the council marked the ordinance for immediate effect; the ordinance itself explains that immediate effect requires a two-thirds vote and otherwise would take effect at the earliest time permitted by law. The ordinance is sponsored by Council Member Tom Stugmyer and certified by Clerk of Council Julie Darlington.
