West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-04 - Government of Gas Utilities and Gas Pipeline Safety › Section 150-4-6 - Inspections and Test

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
6.1. Meter
				testing facilities and equipment.
6.1.1.
				Testing facilities -- Each utility shall provide or have access to such
				laboratory meter-testing equipment and other equipment and facilities as may be
				necessary to make the tests required of it by these rules or other orders of
				the Commission. The apparatus and equipment so provided shall be subject to the
				approval of the Commission, and it shall be available at all times for the
				inspection or use of any member or authorized representative of the
				Commission.
6.1.2. Test required --
				Each utility shall, as a minimum requirement, make such tests as are prescribed
				under these rules with such frequency, and in such manner, and at such places
				as are herein provided or as may be approved or ordered by the
				Commission.
6.1.3. General testing
				equipment -- Each utility furnishing metered gas service shall own and maintain
				the equipment and facilities necessary for accurately testing all types and
				sizes of meters employed for the measurement of gas, unless arrangements shall
				have been made to have such testing done in a shop or laboratory containing
				equipment that is acceptable to the Commission. All alterations, accidents or
				repairs to meter-proving equipment, subject to proof by the Commission, which
				might affect the accuracy of such equipment or the method of operating it,
				shall be promptly reported in writing to the Commission. Testing instruments
				and equipment must be periodically checked against a standard in accordance
				with accepted engineering practice. The accuracy of all provers and methods of
				operating them will be checked from time to time by a representative of the
				Commission.
6.1.4. Equipment for
				testing small capacity meters -- Each utility shall be required, except as
				provided in Rule 6.1.3. above, to own and maintain a meter prover of approved
				type and of a capacity of not less than 5 cubic feet for the testing of small
				capacity meters. Each meter prover shall be supplied with all accessories
				needed for accurate meter testing and shall be located in a room suitable for
				the work to be done, protected from drafts and excessive changes of
				temperature. The utility shall maintain this equipment in good condition and
				correct adjustment, so that it shall be capable of determining the accuracy of
				any service meter to within one half (½) of one percent (1%).
6.1.5. Equipment for testing large capacity
				meters -- Each utility furnishing metered gas service through orifice or large
				displacement meters, shall have available, except as provided in Rule 6.1.3.
				above, and maintain in proper adjustment proving equipment suitable for
				determining the accuracy of any orifice or large displacement meter to within
				one half (½) of one percent (1%). The accuracy of all provers and
				methods of operating them shall be established from time to time by a
				representative of the Commission.