STANDARDS FOR PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

(1)Secondary Standards.#

(a)Each utility shall own or have access to a dead weight tester.#

(2)Working Standards.#

(a)Each utility must have equipment for the proper testing of the indicating and recording pressure gauges used in determining the pressure on the utility’s system. Working standards must be checked periodically (see Rule 1220-04-05-.26(e)(6)) by comparison with a secondary standard.#

(3)Extreme care must be exercised in the handling of standards to assure that their accuracy is not disturbed.#

Authority and Administrative HistoryAuthority: T.C.A. § 65-2-102. Administrative History: Original rule certified May 9, 1974. Administrative changes made to this chapter on April 27, 2018 pursuant to Public Chapter 94 of 2017; “Tennessee Regulatory Authority” references were changed to “Tennessee Public Utility Commission,” “Authority” references were changed to “Commission,” “Authority Director” references were changed to “Commissioner,” and “Chief” references were changed to “Director.”#