Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Use of
meter. All electricity consumed or demanded by an electric customer shall be
charged for by meter measurements, except where otherwise provided for by the
applicable rate schedule or contract.
(b) Installation. Unless otherwise authorized
by the commission, each electric utility shall provide and install and shall
continue to own and maintain all meters necessary for the measurement of
electric energy to its customers.
(c) Standard type. All meters shall be of a
standard type that meets industry standards. Advanced meters shall meet the
standards in this section and §
25.130 of this title (relating to
Advanced Metering). Special meters used for investigation or experimental
purposes are not required to conform to these standards.
(d) Location of meters.
(1) Meters and service switches in
conjunction with the meter shall be installed in accordance with the latest
revision of American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Incorporated,
Standard C12 (American National Code for Electricity Metering), or other
standards as may be prescribed by the commission, and will be readily
accessible for reading, testing, and inspection, where such activities will
cause minimum interference and inconvenience to the customer.
(2) Customer shall provide, without cost to
the electric utility, at a suitable and easily accessible location:
(A) sufficient and proper space for
installation of meters and other apparatus of electric utility;
(D) safety service switches when required;
and
(E) an adequate anchor for
service drops.
(3) All
meters installed after December 21, 1999, shall be located as set forth in this
section, provided that, where installations are made to replace meters removed
from service, this section shall not operate to require any change in meter
locations which were established prior to this date, unless the electric
utility finds that the old location is no longer suitable or proper, or the
customer desires that the location be changed.
(4) Where the meter location on the
customer's premises is changed at the request of the customer, or due to
alterations on the customer's premises, the customer shall provide and have
installed at his expense, all wiring and equipment necessary for relocating the
meter.
(5) If provisions of this
section are inconsistent with §
25.214 of this title (relating to
Tariff for Retail Delivery Service), the provisions of the Tariff shall control
this section.
(e)
Accuracy requirements.
(1) No meter that
violates the test calibration limits as set by the American National Standards
Institute, Incorporated, shall be placed in service or left in service.
Whenever on installation, periodic, or other tests, a meter is found to violate
these limits, it shall be adjusted or replaced.
(2) Meters shall be adjusted as closely as
practicable to the condition of zero error.
(f) Notwithstanding any other commission
rule, as a condition of receiving electric service or electric delivery
service, the customer is deemed to have consented to the provision of meter
data to the customer's electric utility, its retail electric provider, and the
independent organization or regional transmission organization.
(g) If provisions of this subchapter are
inconsistent with §
25.214 of this title, the
provisions of the Tariff shall control this subchapter.
