N.J. Admin. Code § 14:3-4.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 14:3-4.7 - Meter test reports and records

(a) Each utility shall provide the Board with summaries of all meter tests. Each utility having 500 or more meters shall report quarterly. Utilities having less than 500 meters shall report annually. Blank forms on which reports are to be made will be furnished by the Board on its website at http://nj.gov/bpu/.

(b) If a utility uses a laboratory other than NJ Weights and Measures to certify its meter testing equipment in accordance with N.J.A.C. 14:3-4.4(b), the utility shall include in its annual report a copy of the letter required under N.J.A.C. 14:3-4.4(b)2.

(c) Complete records on all utility meters shall be kept in the utility's office and shall be available for examination at any time by inspectors of the Board. Such records shall include the following information:

1. The name of the meter's manufacturer, and the meter's unique ID or serial number, assigned by either the utility or the manufacturer;

2. Type, size, and so forth;

3. Date and location of each installation, and dates of removal;

4. The accuracy of the meter at each test;

5. A record of the tests of each meter, the date and results of the tests, and any action taken based on test results; and

6. The results of the last test of the meter, performed after the meter's final use and prior to its retirement from service.

(d) All the records and reports required in this section shall be kept for a period of six years, or for a period beginning on the date of the last test, whichever period is the longer.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:3-4.7

Recodified in part from N.J.A.C. 14:3-4.8 and N.J.A.C. 14:3-4.9 and amended by R.2008 d.119, effective 5/19/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 4077(b), 40 N.J.R. 2481(a).
Section was "Meter test reports". Inserted designation (a); in (a), substituted "Each utility shall provide the Board with summaries " for "A report shall be made to the Board giving a summary" and inserted "on the website at http://nj.gov/bpu/"; recodified former N.J.A.C. 14:3-4.9(a) and (b) as (c) and (d); rewrote (c)1; in (c)3, deleted "and test" from the end; in (c)4, inserted "at each test"; rewrote (c)5; added (c)6; and rewrote (d).
Former N.J.A.C. 14:3-4.7, Adjustment of charges, recodified to N.J.A.C. 14:3-4.6.