Meter Installations

General Conditions

The consumer should consult the Association while the project is in the planning stage to determine the most satisfactory metering location. All meter locations, service panels and the associated metering wires and equipment are subject to prior approval of the Association.

Facilities constructed without prior Association metering approval may not be connected if the metering location or metering equipment are not acceptable to the Association. The costs to relocate or upgrade the metering equipment to meet the Association’s approval will be at the member’s expense.

The Association will furnish a single meter at the point of delivery to the consumer’s premises. Consumers desiring service at two or more separate points of delivery shall be billed separately at each such point and the registrations of such meters shall not be added together for billing purposes.

1. Meter Locations
   1. Residential and Commercial Service Meters shall be installed on an outside wall of a building which will always be accessible to Association personnel, at an underground service termination pedestal, an appropriate, approved mounting support or may be installed at Association discretion on an Association provided meter pole. Meters shall be installed at a height of four to five feet above the ground or a platform, except when an underground service termination pedestal is used. When a meter is recessed in the wall of a building, a space of not less than six inches on each side of the center of the meter base shall be provided to permit access of Association test equipment.
   2. Irrigation Service
      1. Self-contained Metering
         Overhead Service - The meter will be installed on an Association provided meter pole.
         
         Underground Service - The meter will be installed in an approved underground termination pedestal or at an approved pump panel.
      2. Instrument Class Metering
         Overhead Service - The meter shall be installed at the consumer’s pump panel or at the discretion of the Association, may be installed on the primary pole.
         
         Underground Service - The metering will generally be installed on the primary pole, but may, at the discretion of the Association, be installed on a separate meter pole or in an approved underground pedestal or panel box.
2. Meter Poles - The Association will normally furnish the meter pole where it is required, and the Association-owned facilities will terminate at this pole.
3. Current Transformers - A current transformer will be furnished by the Association when a meter installation larger than 200 amperes is installed. The connections from the current transformer to the meter will be installed by the Association. Current transformers will not be installed for residential 320 ampere meter service or for commercial 400 ampere single phase service. No current transformer will be supplied for a meter installation of 200 amperes or less.
4. Meter Tests - The Association, at its expense, will make periodic tests and inspections of its meters in order to maintain them at a high standard of accuracy and will also, at its expense, make one meter test per year upon request of a consumer. Additional tests, at the request of a consumer, will be made and, if the meter is found to register within 2 percent plus or minus, a charge sufficient to cover the actual cost of labor, transportation and overhead will be made.
5. Inaccurate or Non-Registration of Meter - When a meter fails to correctly register the amount of electricity used during any period, the amount of the bill will be estimated as specified elsewhere in these Rules and Regulations.