The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approved on 05 December 2011 the issuance of Certificate of Authority (CA) to maintain a Category B Meter Shop to R-Powerlight Calibration Meter Shop (R-Powerlight). With the said CA, R-powerlight is now the PH 124th authorized Third-Party meter shop. Its application was found to be in compliance with the requirements of ERC under Resolution No. 12, series of 2009 (A Resolution Adopting the Rules and Procedures for the Test and Maintenance of Electric Meters of Distribution Utilities). Section 3.1 of said Rules specifies that all individual Distribution Utilities (DUs) or consortium of DUs and Third-Party Test Facilities (non-DU) must apply for a CA and obtain ERC approval before operating and maintaining a Meter Shop. A Meter Shop is made responsible for the routine testing, repair, and calibration of electric meters and other auxiliary devices and equipment essential to the metering of electric power and energy.
The ERC, prior to the issuance of a CA, will issue a letter directing R-Powerlight Calibration Meter Shop to pay a license fee of Ten Thousand Pesos (PhP10,000.00) and to assent to the following Terms and Conditions: (a) The submission to any Category A Meter Shop or to the ERC for certification its working electronic watt-hour meter standards on an annual basis; (b) To display permanently in a conspicuous place inside the Meter Shop the original (or photocopy) and valid (updated) certificate of calibration or test report issued by ERC of its equipment; (c) The submission of a system of imparting skills or the training of its technical staff before their assignment to any testing work; (d) The submission of a monthly report on the total number of calibrated new meters classified according to ownership and the total number of repaired and calibrated meters classified according to ownership; and (e) The filing of pertinent CA Renewal at least ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the CA.
"Stringent requirements are involved in the filing for application of a Certificate of Authority to Maintain a Meter Shop to guarantee the proper testing and maintenance of electric meters and to ensure the highest level of confidence of the consumers of the accuracy of their billing meters,” ERC Chairperson Zenaida G. Cruz-Ducut stated. - https://www.affordablecebu.com/