New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter X - Power Authority Of The State Of New York › Part 454 - Power Service › Section 454.4 - Metering

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Transmission
				metering. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable service tariff or other
				contract documents, the total electric power and energy delivered to customer
				will be measured alone or in conjunction with deliveries to others by metering
				equipment to be furnished and maintained by authority. The meter or meters
				shall be sealed and the seals shall be broken only upon occasions when the
				meters are to be inspected, tested or adjusted, and representatives of customer
				shall be afforded reasonable opportunity to be present upon such occasions. The
				meter or meters shall be tested at least once each year by authority and at any
				reasonable time upon request therefor by either authority or customer. Any
				metering equipment found to be defective or inaccurate shall be repaired and
				readjusted or replaced. Should any meter fail to register, the electric power
				and energy delivered during the period of failure to register shall, for
				billing purposes, be estimated by authority from the best information
				available.
(b) Delivery and service
				metering.
(1) Where delivery and service (as
				distinguished from transmission) are carried out through the systems of others
				and by the personnel of others, the total electric power and energy, including
				reactive power and energy where authority deems appropriate, transmitted or
				delivered to a customer (as distinguished from transmitted over the facilities
				of others) will be measured by metering equipment and measuring devices to be
				furnished and maintained by either authority or the utility providing delivery
				and service. Seals on meters, meter equipment and associated equipment shall be
				broken only upon occasions when the meters and measuring devices are to be
				inspected, tested, or adjusted. No person, except a duly authorized and
				identified representative of authority or the utility providing delivery and
				service, shall be permitted to break or replace a seal or to alter or change a
				meter of its connections or location, except when wiring changes are being made
				by customer following receipt of appropriate specifications of authority or the
				utility providing delivery and service as to service supply. In such case, a
				qualified electrician may break the meter seal and remove and remount a meter
				when authorized to do so by authority and/or by the utility providing delivery
				and service, whichever seals such meter. Meters owned by the authority or the
				utility providing delivery and service shall be tested by authority or such
				utility providing delivery and service as mutually determined by
				them.
(2) Should any meter fail to
				register for any period of time, or if the actual power and energy usage cannot
				be measured because of inability to read a meter or other measuring device, the
				electric power and energy delivered during such period shall, for billing
				purposes, be estimated by authority from the best information available, and
				customer billed accordingly.
(3)
				Except as provided in this section, customer shall not permit access by anyone,
				except authorized representatives of authority or the utility providing
				delivery and service, to the meter equipment or any other property of authority
				or the utility providing delivery and service, and shall not interfere or
				permit interference with such equipment. Customer shall be responsible for
				their safekeeping on his premises. Duly authorized representatives of authority
				and the utility providing delivery and service shall have the right to access
				to the premises of customer and to all appropriate property of authority or the
				utility providing delivery and service to all reasonable times for the purpose
				of reading and testing meters, inspecting equipment used in connection with its
				service, repairing, readjusting, or replacing defective or inaccurate meters,
				metering the demand, ascertaining and counting the connected load of customer's
				installation, removing its property, or any other purpose.