PSC 134.19 Meter records and reports.

PSC 134.19Meter records and reports.#

(1)Meter test records.#

(a)A utility shall keep a record of a meter test whenever a meter is tested. The meter test record shall include all of the following:#

1.Information identifying the meter.#

2.The reason for making the test.#

3.The reading of the meter before it was removed from service.#

4.All the data that was taken at the time of the test.#

5.The results of the test measurement.#

(b)The meter test record must be sufficiently complete to permit convenient checking of the methods and calculations that have been employed.#

(c)Meter test records and meter history records may be kept as separate records or one record.#

Note: Meter test records need not be separately retained from meter history records provided that the meter test records are incorporated into the meter history records.”#

(2)Meter history records.#

(a)A utility shall keep a meter history record showing all of the following:#

1.The date the meter was purchased.#

2.The meter’s size.#

3.Information identifying the meter.#

4.The meter’s various places of installation, with dates of installation and removal.#

5.The dates and results of all tests.#

6.The dates and details of all repairs by the utility, or notations of the date and that the meter was returned to the manufacturer for repair.#

(b)The record shall be arranged in such a way that the record for any meter can be readily located.#

(c)Meter test records and meter history records may be kept as separate records or one record.#

(3)Meter accuracy summaries. All utilities shall keep an “as found” high and light load test summary of all meters tested after being in service. This summary shall be made on a calendar year basis and forwarded to this commission by April 1 of the following year. This summary shall be divided according to the length of time since the last test, and meters found within each of the following per cent accuracy classifications:#

(a)Over 115; 110.1-115; 105.1-110; 103.1-105; 102.1-103; 101.1-102; 100.1-101; 100; 99-99.9; 98-98.9; 97-97.9; 95-96.9; 90-94.9; 85-89.9; under 85; passing gas does not register; does not pass gas; not tested; grand total average % error of fast meters; average % error of slow meters; total average error; number tested, number in service.#

History: Cr. Register, February, 1959, No. 38, eff. 3-1-59; CR 13-033: r. and recr. (1), (2), cr. (3) (title) Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15.#