Metering Code

The Electricity Act (1998) stipulates that the joint grid administrators must submit proposals to the Office of Energy Regulation detailing a tariff structure and a set of technical conditions (regulations) for grid administration. The Metering Code is one of these technical regulations. The Office of Energy Regulation has evaluated and adopted the Metering Code proposal submitted by the grid administrators.

Contents of the Metering Code

The Metering Code contains conditions for the design and management of metering devices. The Metering Code provides guidelines for: 

• the metering of data for electricity transmission and supply; 
• the exchange of metering data;
• administrative details of metering devices.  

Context

The establishment of the Metering Code is stipulated in the Electricity Act.