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E-25 (rev. 1) - Requirements Permission for putting a Meter into Service without Verification and Sealing
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Date: 2004-09-16
Bulletin: E-25 (rev. 1)
Category: Electricity
Documents: Electricity and Gas Inspection Act, Section 9
Supercedes: E-25
Table of Contents
1.0 Scope
2.0 Purpose
3.0 Authority
4.0 History
5.0 Terminology
6.0 Minimum Demand Usage Determination
7.0 Conditions for Permission
8.0 Temporary Dispensation of Verification and Sealing Requirements
9.0 Process to Request Permission
10.0 Granting of Permission
11.0 Compliance
12.0 Program review
13.0 Revocation of Permission
14.0 Revision
15.0 Additional Information
1.0 Scope
This temporary permission is applicable to electricity meters used in obtaining the basis for a charge in a transaction between the electricity distributors and major power consumers as specified in this Bulletin. This permission is limited to meters installed in metering sites which measure an aggregate minimum demand usage of 3 000 KW, or 3 300 KVA for each major power consumer.
2.0 Purpose
The purpose of this Bulletin is to implement a program that will allow certain electricity meters to be put in service without verification and sealing. It also allows modification of certain electricity meter functions without requiring mandatory re-verification and re-sealing of the meter. This program is the result of conclusions and recommendations determined through a pilot project which was performed to test a similar process and achieve the same objectives.
3.0 Authority
This temporary permission is granted under the authority of subsection 9(2) of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act.
4.0 History
Measurement Canada has undertaken and completed the Electricity Trade Sector Review. The conclusion of that review resulted in several recommendations that were accepted by Measurement Canada. One of the recommendations proposed that metering used in transactions with major power consumers be exempt from certain verification and sealing requirements.
5.0 Terminology
Function: Defined in Bulletin Gen-25, Policy on the Approval, Initial Verification, and Re-verification for Electricity and Gas Meters: Legal Units of Measurement and Functions used for Billing.
Major Power Consumer: An electricity purchaser whose power consumption, purchased from a single registered contractor, is equal to or greater than 3 000 KW or 3 300KVA for all billing periods encompassing the duration of the dispensation. For the purposes of determining the aggregate demand, a major power consumer consists of a single legally identifiable entity.
Metering Site: A specific location where the custody of electricity is transferred to the purchaser, and the quantity of transferred electricity is measured.
Metrological Function: Defined in PS-E-09, Provisional Specifications for the Verification and Re-verification of Electricity Meters.
Registered Contractor: An organization registered pursuant to Section 6 of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act.
6.0 Minimum Demand Usage Determination
6.1 The measured demand is determined using an integration period of greater than or equal to 15 minutes and less than or equal to 60 minutes in duration.
6.2 Where the unit of demand measurement is the volt-ampere (VA), vector addition shall be used to determine the total demand in a combination of polyphase circuits.
6.3 Where more than one metering site is identified in the contract, the aggregate demand shall be determined by summation of demand from each site during coinciding integration periods.
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