Section 15-2368. REFEREE TESTS

2368.1Upon a customer’s written application to the Commission, a test shall be made of the customer's meter as soon as practicable that shall be witnessed by a representative of the Commission.

2368.2A one dollar ($1) fee shall be paid at the same time of the application by check or money order made payable to the gas corporation.

2368.3On receipt of the request from a customer, the Commission shall notify the gas corporation, and the gas corporation shall not knowingly remove or adjust the meter until instructed by the Commission.

2368.4The customer, or his or her representative, may be present when the meter is tested but shall not interfere with the testing.

2368.5Included in the referee test of the meter shall be a test for the accuracy of the following:

(a)The pressure device;

(b)The temperature correcting device, if any;

(c)The index; and

(d)Any other device or instrument used in measuring gas consumption.

2368.6A written report of the results of the test shall be sent to the customer.

2368.7If a consumer complaint hearing is held at the Commission pertaining to the meter accuracy, all relevant documentation shall be made a part of the official record.

2368.8If the meter is found to over-register or under-register consumption by more than two percent (2%), the gas corporation shall credit the customer for the one dollar ($1) testing fee.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is Paragraph 21 of §8 of An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and for other purposes, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 977); as amended by §2 of the Public Utilities Amendment Act of 1989, D.C. Law 8-47, D.C. Code §43-501 (1990 Repl. Vol.).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 7938, 7947 (November 4, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 7 (January 4, 2013).