Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 460 - CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS OF SERVICE FOR METER SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 460.15 - Meter Service Components

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Metering service consists of the following 16 functions:
a) Meter reading. On-site visual data retrieval
				from metering and/or data retrieval from metering on-site or remotely via a form of
				electronic communication using a computerized device as applicable.
b) Meter equipment installation. The tasks
				associated with the physical assembly and placement of metering equipment at a
				metering point.
c) Meter equipment
				exchange. The tasks associated with the physical removal and the installation of
				metering equipment at a metering point.
d) Meter equipment removal. The tasks associated
				with the physical extraction of metering equipment from a metering point.
e) Maintenance of the meter system components. The
				remote or on-site testing, calibration, programming, modification, repair and
				replacement of meter system components.
f) Meter communications device installation and
				maintenance. The remote or onsite installation, testing, calibration, programming,
				modification, repair and replacement of meter communication devices.
g) Meter equipment provision. The ability of the
				MSP to supply and install metering equipment.
h) Initiation or transfer of metering service. The
				removal, replacement, disabling, modification, or programming of metering equipment,
				for the purpose of establishing or changing the provider of metering
				service.
i) Meter accuracy testing.
				Tasks associated with verifying the accuracy of measurement of the metering
				equipment ultimately used for billing, in accordance with applicable standards for
				required testing contained in this Part.
j) Meter equipment design and engineering.
				Analyzing, specifying and documenting customers' metering equipment
				requirements.
k) Meter attribute record
				keeping. Meter attribute record keeping includes, but is not limited to, what is
				required by Section
				460.330.
l) Accept raw meter data. The act of retrieving
				raw meter usage data used for billing from either the meter equipment directly, or
				from the agent or contractor with which the MSP has contracted to perform the
				retrieval function.
m) Translate data
				into format for internal processing. The act of converting raw meter data received
				into a convenient internal format for storage, archiving, validating, editing, and
				estimating other business processes.
n)
				Associate meter reads with customer identifiers for use in validation or estimation.
				The verified matching of meter data with the corresponding customer
				records.
o) Validate, edit and estimate
				translated meter data. The act of checking a customer's translated meter data
				against documented thresholds for errors and/or omissions using documented
				estimation procedures to correct and edit meter data that fails the data integrity
				check.
p) Translate data into common
				formats and post to server. The act of converting the validated, edited, and
				estimated data into documented common formats and posting to server accessible to
				applicable market participants.