Certification Requirements and Recommended Practices
Electricity
Certification Requirements
These links contain certification requirements and guidelines that explain the conditions under which a certificate of calibration will be issued for an electricity measuring apparatus.
Certification and Use of Portable Measuring Apparatus
- EL-ENG-11-01 — Initial Certification of Calibration Consoles by Organizations Delegated by Measurement Canada
- EL-ENG-11-02 — Requirements for Certification and Use of Portable Measuring Apparatus for Reverification and Dispute Meter Testing of Multiple Customer Metering Systems
Guiding Documents for the Determination of Measurement Uncertainty
These links contain papers illustrating the methods for the determination of measurement uncertainty for Electricity Measuring Apparatus and Electricity Meters. These are provided as informational documents to our clients and should not be interpreted as legislation or legal specifications as defined in the Act and Regulations. For more information please contact Adnan Rashid.
Guidelines for the Determination of Measurement Uncertainty
- EL-ENG-09-01 — Procedure for Uncertainty Determination for Calibration Consoles
- EL-ENG-09-02 — Uncertainty Determination of Electricity Meter Types
- EL-ENG-09-03 — Uncertainty Determination - Electricity Meter Verification Tests
Gas
Certification Requirements
These links contain Certification Requirements and Guidelines which explain the conditions under which a certificate of calibration will be issued for a Gas Measuring Apparatus by Measurement Canada.
Certification of Measuring Apparatus used for Domestic Meters
- GS-ENG-03-06 — Gas Measuring Apparatuses Containing Rotary Meters Used for the Purpose of Calibrating Diaphragm Meters
- GS-ENG-07-03 — Administrative Process for the Certification of Measuring Apparatuses
- GS-ENG-07-06 — Determination of Short-term Repeatability and Long-term Reproducibility of Bell Provers Using Diaphragm Transfer Meters
- GS-ENG-08-03 — Exploration of the traceability chains used in the verification of domestic gas meters
Certification of Measuring Apparatus Containing Reference Meters
Guiding Documents for the Determination of Measurement Uncertainty
These links contain papers illustrating the methods for the determination of measurement uncertainty for various Gas Measuring Apparatus. These are provided as informational documents to our clients and should not be interpreted as legislation or legal specifications as defined in the Act and Regulations. For more information please contact Patrick Hardock.
Guidelines for the Determination of Measurement Uncertainty
Templates and Spreadsheets for Measurement Uncertainty Determination
These spreadsheets have been created for the purpose of documenting the determination of measurement uncertainty in specific measuring apparatuses.
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- GS-UTP-04-06.2 — The Determination of Measurement Uncertainty of Diaphragm Transfer Meters calibrated using a Manual Master Bell Prover and the Correlation Process (LMB-EG-13) (Excel, 862KB)
- GS-UTP-04-06.4 — The Determination of Measurement Uncertainty — For Level 3 Working Bell Provers Using the Master Bell Prover Corrilation Process (LMB-EG-13) (Excel, 1001KB)
- GS-UTP-06-02 — The Determination of the Measurement Uncertainty for Meters Calibrated using a Type 2 Measuring Apparatus (Excel, 5721KB)
- GS-UTP-08-02 — The Determination of Measurement Uncertainty — For Level 3 Working Transfer, Sonic Nozzle and Bell Provers Using the Master Bell Prover Corrilation Process (S-G-01) and (LMB-EG-13) (Excel, 1480KB)
The Gas Uncertainty Template (GS-UTP) files are based on the measurement uncertainty tool-box add-on version 2.8 developed by Quametec Corporation. Measurement Canada and Measurement Canada Engineering assumes no responsibility, legal or implied, for the use of this spreadsheet. Posting of these spreadsheets does not imply Measurement Canada endorsement of software providers.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain any and all licenses needed for the supporting software used in the development of this spreadsheet.