(A) All electric current furnished consumers by the electric distribution system of the city shall be measured by meters furnished and set by the city. No person except an authorized agent of the city, shall be allowed to set meters or make connections to the electric service of the distribution system of the city. The city will furnish all necessary meters to consumers under the conditions prescribed in § 54.03, and will keep all meters clean and in repair at the expense of the city. The owner or tenant of premises where a meter is located shall provide ready and convenient access to the meter so that it may easily be examined and read by authorized agents of the city. Any consumer of current from the electric distribution system of the city shall have the right to request the Electric Commissioner to test, a reasonable number of times, his or her current meter which the consumer may have reason to believe is not registering the true amount of current. It shall be the duty of the Electric Commissioner to test the meter as requested and any other meter which needs to be tested.
(B) All meters now in use or hereafter installed in connection with the electric light plant and system of the city, shall be and remain the property of the city. When a meter is entirely worn out and a replacement is necessary, a new meter will be furnished and set by the city for such consumer at the expense of the city; provided, however, in cases where meter repair or meter replacements are made necessary on account of the wilful neglect or recklessness on the part of consumer, then the city shall require the customer to pay for installing the new meter or making the repairs and collect the same as for light service furnished.
(Prior Code, § 54.05) Penalty, see § 10.99