(A) A test will be made of a customer’s meter by the utility under the supervision of an employee of the Utility Board upon written application to the utility by the customer. The applications for the test shall be accompanied by a fee as set out below in this paragraph. This fee shall be retained by the utility; however, if the tests show a meter to be more than 2% fast, the utility supplying the meter shall reimburse the customer the amount of the fee.
(B) The amount of fee to be paid for a meter test made upon the written application to the Utility Board shall be as follows:
Type | Size | Test Charge |
Electric | Regular meter | $20 |
Large meter, 3 phase and the like | actual cost | |
Water | 5/8 inch to 3/4 inch meter | $20 |
1 inch to 2 inch meter | $60 | |
over 2 inch meter | actual cost | |
Gas | Regular meter | $40 |
Large meter | actual cost | |
(C) This rule shall not interfere with the practice of a utility in its tests of meters except that, in the event of a written application to the Utility Board by a customer for a test, the utility shall not knowingly remove or interfere with the meter without consent previously given in writing by the customer.
(1996 Code, § 9-57) (Ord. 1986-7, Rule 8, passed 10-7-1986)