Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities
Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE
Subchapter B - SERVICE AND FACILITIES
Section 57.25 - Facilities for testing meters and instruments
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) Adequate testing facilities. A public utility shall provide for, and have available, suitable and adequate facilities for testing its meters. Public utilities not maintaining standardizing laboratories may, upon permission from the Commission, have their meters and instruments certified by a standardizing laboratory approved by the Commission.
(b) Periodic tests of reference standards. The watthour meter reference standard for the public utility and shall be periodically tested for accuracy and adjusted if necessary by a representative of the Commission at a place the Commission may direct. Immediately after making final adjustment, the tester shall seal and date tag the reference standard and shall furnish the public utility with a correction curve properly dated and signed.
(c) Periodic tests of watthour standards. The portable watthour standards, together with other measuring equipment the Commission may require, shall also be tested and adjusted periodically by a representative of the Commission if necessary as the Commission may direct. The tester shall furnish the public utility with a correction curve properly dated and signed.
(d) Frequency of portable watthour standard check tests. During the interval between tests by the Commission, the portable watthour standards shall be compared with the reference standard at least every month for induction type meters, and every 3 months for the solid state meter standards. The calibration obtained shall be used in determining the accuracy of the service meters. If a portable standard is subject to either a mechanical or electrical shock, it shall be tested before being used.
(e) Records of check tests and correction curves. A record of check tests shall be kept showing the condition and accuracy of the watthour standard before and after testing, indicated by the words "as found" and "as left," in form and detail to permit convenient checking of the methods and results. A complete record of the check tests and correction curves furnished by the Commission shall be preserved for 5 years.
(f) Fees for testing appliances of public utilities. The Commission will charge and collect from public utilities, for the testing of their instruments of precision and measuring apparatus, fees according to the following schedule:
| Service (per each item) | Amount (in dollars) |
| Watt-hour standard: | |
| 1. Initial 10 determinations of percentage registration of one standard at 60 Hz | 75 |
| 2. Each additional determination of the same standard | 10 |
| Indicating instruments: | |
| AC/DC wattmeters, AC resistors, calibrators, ammeters and voltmeters | 50 |
| Instrument transformers: | |
| 1. Voltage transformers- | |
| a. Ratio and phase angle, at 60 Hz on 1 range, 1 secondary voltage, 1 burden primary VL50KV | 50 |
| b. Each additional burden, range or secondary voltage | 10 |
| 2. Current transformers, ration and phase angle- | |
| a. 1 range, 1 frequency, 1 burden, secondary currents 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 A at primary current not over 5000 A | 50 |
| b. Each additional secondary current or combination of range, frequency and burden | 10 |
| Standard Cell Calibrations (each) | 25 |
| Potentiometers (each) | 250 |
The provisions of this §57.25 issued under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 331, 501, 504 and 1501; amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501, 1501 and 1504.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 57.254 (relating to advanced meter standards).
