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0 2. which instance the director of finance shall estimate the amount of gas for uses other than air conditioning and shall bill for such gas at the rates provided in section 12-3 or 12-6 of this Code as applicable. (c) Outside city. The rate for gas used under this section outside the city shall be greater by ten percent than the rates specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Section 12-6. Interruptible service. (a) Conditions. Interruptible gas service shall be supplied at locations where facilities are available to supply the amount of gas requested by the consumer, subject to the following conditions: (1) Gas delivered hereunder shall be separately metered and shall not be used interchangeably with gas supplied under any other schedule; (2) The consumer shall have installed and available for immediate use equipment which will use some other fuel and which can be put in operation within two hours after being notified by the city. • (b) Customer's agreement. A customer purchasing gas pursuant to this section agrees to discontinue the service when requested by the city manager or his or her representative, on two hours' notice, at any time whenever in the sole judgment of the city manager, such gas is not available for delivery hereunder. If the customer continues to use or consume gas under this section after being notified by the city manager or his or her representative, the customer shall be billed for all gas so consumed at a rate of ten dollars per thousand cubic feet and the city shall, as soon as the violation comes to its attention, terminate service to the customer until the period of interruption is over. (c) Minimum monthly charge. The minimum monthly charge under this rate shall be three hundred fifty-one sixty-two dollars for the first one hundred thousand cubic feet or fractional part thereof; provided, that when the supply of gas available in any one month shall be less than ninety-four thousand five hundred cubic feet due to the service having been interrupted as hereinbefore described, the minimum monthly charge shall be waived and the customer charged at the rate of three dollars and fifty-ene sixty-two cents per thousand cubic feet for gas actually delivered during the billing month. • (d) Rate. For all gas consumed in excess of such minimum, the rate shall be three dollars and fifty-one sixty-two cents per thousand cubic feet. Interruptible customers outside the city limits shall pay a rate ten percent higher.