N.J. Admin. Code § 14:5-4.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 14:5-4.1 - Testing of electric meters

(a) Each EDC furnishing electric service shall provide and have available a meter testing laboratory, standard meters and instruments, and such other equipment and facilities as may be necessary to make the tests required by these regulations, or by other orders of the Board.

(b) Each EDC furnishing electric service shall provide and have available such portable indicating electrical testing instruments and portable watt-hour meters of suitable range and type for testing service watt-hour meters, switchboard instruments, recording voltmeters and other electrical instruments in use as may be deemed necessary by the Board.

(c) For testing the accuracy of the portable watt-hour meters, commonly known as "rotating standards," and the portable instruments used for testing customers' service meters, each EDC shall provide and have available suitable indicating electrical instruments, watt-meters, watt-hour meters, or any or all of them hereinafter called "reference standards." Such standards may be of the service type of watt-hour meters, but, if so, such watt-hour meters shall be permanently mounted in the meter laboratory of the EDC and shall be used for no other purpose than for checking standards. All reference standards may be tested, adjusted and sealed by the Board at its discretion.

(d) All portable watt-hour meters (rotating standards) of the commutator type shall be compared with reference standards at least once each week. Every portable watt-hour meter (rotating standard) shall at all times be accompanied by a certificate giving the date when it was certified, the corrections to be applied at various loads, and signed by the proper authority. These certificates, when superseded, shall be kept on file in the office of the EDC at least one year.

(e) All portable, indicating electrical testing instruments, such as, voltmeters, ammeters and watt-meters, when in regular use for testing purposes, shall be checked against reference standards at least once a week when continuing in use.

(f) Instruments and standards may be tested and certified by any standardizing laboratory whose instruments and methods are approved by the Board.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:5-4.1

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 14:5-3.1 and amended by R.2008 d.57, effective 3/17/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3716(a), 40 N.J.R. 1684(a).
Substituted "EDC" for "utility" throughout; and in (c), substituted "customers' " for "customer's" and " 'reference standards.' " for " 'reference standards'."
Former N.J.A.C. 14:5-4.1, Extensions, recodified to N.J.A.C. 14:5-5.1.