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• (e) Annual Minimum Quantity. Interruptible rate customers shall be obligated to take or pay for a minimum quantity of 1,200,000 cubic feet of gas annually. Each year as of June 30 the director of finance shall calculate the total consumption of each interruptible customer for the preceding twelve monthly billing periods, and shall bill any customer that has consumed less than the minimum quantity for the deficient amount at the rate of $5726 $4.72 per thousand cubic feet plus applicable purchased gas adjustments. The minimum quantity shall not be applicable to any customer who has begun receiving service at the interruptible rate for the first time during the preceding twelve months. If an interruptible customer terminates service the annual minimum requirement shall be prorated on the basis of 100,000 cubic feet per month for each month the customer has received service since the last June 30 adjustment. (f) Contract required. Before service is turned on under this section, the customer shall agree in writing to abide by the terms and conditions of this section. Section 12-7. Purchased gas adjustment. • In computing gas customer billings the basic rate charges established under sections 12-3, 12-4 and 12-6 shall be adjusted to reflect increases and decreases in the cost of gas supplied to the city. Such increases or decreases shall be computed as follows: (a) Base unit costs. For the purpose of computations herein, the costs and charges for determining the base unit costs of gas are (1) supplier tariffs, (2) contract quantities, and (3) costs of substitute natural gas, in effect Agri -387-}984 March 31, 1985, including commodity rates expected to go into effect July 1, 1985, retroactive to April 1, 1985. Such base unit costs are $479986 $4.3259 per thousand cubic feet for firm gas service and $4-3684 $3.6923 per thousand cubic feet for interruptible gas service. (b) Periodic adjustment. In the event of any changes in supplier tariffs, contract quantities or costs of scheduled substitute natural gas, the unit costs shall be recomputed on the basis of such change in accordance with procedures approved by the city manager. The difference between the unit costs so computed and the base unit costs shall represent the purchased gas adjustment to be applied to all customer bills, including • minimum monthly charges but not including ornamental gas lights, issued beginning the first billing month after each such change.