Section 134.19. Meter 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.

(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.

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