“(1) Interface Meters: (a) It shall be the responsibility of the Generating Company or the licensee, in whose premises the meter has been installed, to download the meter data, record the metered data and furnish such data to various agencies as per the procedure laid down by the Appropriate Commission:
Provided that the responsibility of maintaining database of all the information associated with the Interface Meters and verifying the correctness of the metered data shall be in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Appropriate Commission.
(b) The metered data shall be communicated to the respective Load Despatch Centre by using a secured and dedicated communication system.
(2) Consumer Meters: (a) It shall be the responsibility of the licensee to download the Meter data either locally or remotely, record the metered data, maintain database of all the information associated with the Consumer Meters and verify the correctness of the metered data:
Provided that the Appropriate Regulatory Commission shall specify suitable time frame for ensuring electronic meter reading of all consumer meters by the licensees.
(b) The licensee shall maintain accounts for the electricity consumption and other electrical quantities of its consumers:
Provided that the licensee shall provide information to the consumer related to his energy consumption through Mobile App or Web application or in home display or any other suitable means.
(c) Brief history, date of installation and details of testing, calibration and replacement of meters shall be maintained by the licensee.
(3) Energy Accounting and Audit Meters.- (a) It shall be the responsibility of the generating company or licensee to download the meter data locally or remotely, record the metered data, maintain database of all the information associated with the energy accounting and audit meters and verify the correctness of the metered data.
(b) Each generating company or licensee shall prepare quarterly, half-yearly and yearly energy account for its system for taking appropriate action for efficient operation and system development.”.
12. In regulation 15 of the said regulations,-
(i) in sub-regulation (1) for clauses (a) & (b), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “ (a) Whenever difference between the readings of the Main Meter and the Check Meter for any month is more than 0.5%, the following steps shall be taken:
(i) checking of Instrument Transformers connections;
(ii) testing of accuracy of Interface Meter at site with a reference standard meter of accuracy class higher than the meter under test;
(iii) based on the test results as specified in items (i) and (ii), corrective action shall be taken to replace the defective meter.
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(b) In case of conspicuous failures like burning of meter and erratic display of metered parameters and when the error found in testing of meter is beyond the permissible limit of error provided in the relevant standard, the meter shall be replaced immediately:
Provided that whenever an Interface Meter is replaced, it shall be ensured that Interface Meter at the other end, if any, of the transmission or distribution system, shall have same accuracy class.”;
(ii) in sub-regulation (3), after clause (c), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(d) readings not in conformity with the readings of Interface Meters.”