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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 20.56.02.04" title_num="20" subtitle_num="56" chapter_num="02" heading="Accuracy.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Preinstallation Accuracy. If a meter is tested under Regulation .03B and G of this chapter, an owner may not install or return to service a meter that is more than 0.5 percent fast or more than 1.5 percent slow.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>In-Service Performance Test Accuracy. If a meter is tested under Regulation .03E of this chapter, an owner shall count the test as a failure if the meter and associated metering device, if installed, are found to be more than 2 percent fast or slow.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Balance. If a meter's accuracy at check flow is found to differ from accuracy at full rated flow by more than 1 percent, an owner shall adjust or repair, or both, and test the meter before returning it to service.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Billing Adjustment</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Fast Meters.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Bill Recalculation. If an accuracy test shows an over-registration of more than 2 percent at check flow, the owner shall recalculate the bills for service of the last customer of record receiving service through the meter and shall make a refund if the amount of the adjustment exceeds $10. The refund shall be for the period that the customer received service through the meter, but for not more than the periods established in §D(1)(b) and (c) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Known Date of Error. If the date on which the error first developed or occurred can be established, then the owner shall make a refund based on that known date.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Unknown Date of Error. If the known date of error cannot be established, then it shall be assumed that the over-registration existed for a period of 3 years or a period equal to 1/2 of the time since the meter was last tested, whichever is less.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Slow Meters. If an accuracy test shows an under-registration of more than 2 percent at check flow, the owner may bill the customer 1/2 of the unbilled undercharge for a period of 12 months, unless the meter has been tested within that 12-month period, in which event the utility may bill the customer 1/2 the unbilled undercharge for the period since the meter was last tested. If the amount of under-registration is less than $20, the utility may not bill the customer for the undercharge.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Nonregistering Meters.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If a meter is found not to register, the owner may issue an estimated bill.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the customer is informed of the nonregistering meter in less than 4 months of the meter becoming nonregistering, the utility may bill the customer for estimated consumption for the duration of the nonregistration.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If the customer is not informed of the nonregistering meter in less than 4 months of the meter becoming nonregistering, the utility may bill the customer for 1/2 of the estimated consumption for the duration of the nonregistration up to a maximum of 6 months.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>