N.J. Admin. Code § 14:5-4.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 14:5-4.2 - Periodic testing of electric meters

(a) All direct current meters installed upon customers' premises shall be periodically tested in accordance with the following schedule:

1. Up to and including six kilowatts--at least once in 3 1/2 years;

2. Over six kilowatts, up to and including 100 kilowatts--at least once in 1 1/2 years;

3. Over 100 kilowatts--at least once in one year.

(b) The kilowatt rating of a direct current meter is the product of the rated voltage and the rated current.

(c) All types of alternating current watt-hour meters installed upon customers' premises shall be tested as follows:

1. Self-contained polyphase meters and transformer rated meters shall be tested at the following intervals:

i. Meters without demand register--at least once in 16 years;

ii. Meters with block-interval demand registers--at least once in 12 years;

iii. Meters with lagged demand registers--at least once in eight years.

2. Self-contained single-phase meters and three-wire network meters--at least once in eight years or by a variable interval or statistical sampling technique approved by the Board.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:5-4.2

As amended R.1979 d.374, effective 9/5/1979.
See: 11 N.J.R. 402(c), 11 N.J.R. 585(c).
Amended by R.1991 d.583, effective 12/2/1991.
See: 23 N.J.R. 1519(a), 23 N.J.R. 3652(a).
Editorial or stylistic change only.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 14:5-3.2 and amended by R.2008 d.57, effective 3/17/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3716(a), 40 N.J.R. 1684(a).
In (c)1, inserted "shall be tested at the following intervals".