Common use of Meter Test Checking Clause in Contracts

Meter Test Checking. All the main and check meters shall be tested for accuracy every calendar quarter with reference to a portable standard meter which shall be of an accuracy class of 0.1. The portable standard meter shall be owned by ESCOM at its own cost and expense and tested and certified at least once every year against an accepted laboratory standard meter in accordance with electricity standards. The meters shall be deemed to be working satisfactorily if the errors are within specifications for meters of 0.2 accuracy class. The cost of such test checking shall be borne by the Company at the rates specified by ESCOM from time to time. The consumption registered by the main meters alone will hold good for the purpose of billing as long as the error in the main meter is within the permissible limits.

Meter Test Checking. All the main and check meters shall be tested for accuracy every calendar quarter with reference to a portable standard meter which shall be of an accuracy class of 0.1. The portable standard meter shall be owned by ESCOM /CESC at its own cost and expense and tested and certified at least once every year against an accepted laboratory standard meter in accordance with electricity standards. The meters shall be deemed to be working satisfactorily if the errors are within specifications for meters of 0.2 accuracy class. The cost of such test checking shall be borne by the Company at the rates specified by ESCOM the Corporation/ESCOM/s/CESC from time to time. The consumption registered by the main meters alone will hold good for the purpose of billing as long as the error in the main meter is within the permissible limits.