New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES
Subchapter A - Service
Part 400 - Installation Of House Service Equipment, Operating Conditions, And Testing Of Meters And Of Steam Quality By Corporations Having 1,000 Installed Custom
Section 400.4 - Referee tests
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) In a referee test, a representative of the commission will seal the meter or meter device involved, and will notify the utility within 24 hours that such meter or device has been sealed.
(b) In a referee test, the seals for the meter or the meter device involved shall be opened only in the presence of a representative of the commission. The meter or meter device shall be tested under the direction of a representative of the commission.
(c) When, in a referee test, the percentage registration of a meter is found to be more than 102 percent, no charge shall be made for such test. If, however, as a result of such test, the percentage registration of the meter is found to be 102 percent or less, a charge shall be made to the customer by the utility based on the following schedule:
| Type of Meter |
Capacity or Size |
Fee |
| Condensate | 3000 lbs. per hr. or less | $ 25.00 |
| Condensate | Over 3000 lbs. per hr. | 50.00 |
| Area | 1 in. | 25.00 |
| Area | 1½ in. | 25.00 |
| Area | 2 in. | 50.00 |
| Area | 3 in. | 75.00 |
| Area | 4 in. | 100.00 |
| Area | 6 in. | 150.00 |
| Area | 8 in. | 300.00 |
| Velocity | 1 in. | 25.00 |
| Velocity | 2 in. | 25.00 |
| Velocity | 3 in. | 50.00 |
| Velocity | 4 in. | 50.00 |
| Head | All | 100.00 |
