Certification Requirements and Recommended Practices

• Electricity
• Gas

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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 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
• EL-ENG-12-01 — Requirements for the Certification and Use of Measuring Apparatus — Electricity Meter Calibration Consoles

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 — Domestic 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

• GS-ENG-03-06 — Gas Measuring Apparatuses Containing Rotary Meters Used for the Purpose of Calibrating Diaphragm Meters
• GS-ENG-04-01 — Gas Measuring Apparatus — Atmospheric Pressure Meter Proving Systems

Certification of Measuring Apparatus — Working Level Bell Provers

• GS-ENG-09-01 — Requirements for the Certification by Correlation of Gas Measuring Apparatus
• GS-ENG-09-01.1 — Procedures for the Calibration, Certification and Use of Gas Measuring Apparatus

Certification of Measuring Apparatus — Working Level Sonic Nozzle Provers

• GS-ENG-10-02 — Requirements for Certification through Correlation of Gas Measuring Apparatus - Working Level Sonic Nozzle Provers Used for the Purpose of Calibrating Diaphragm 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

• GS-ENG-07-09 — Guideline for the Preparation of Measurement Uncertainty documentation for the Certification of Level 3 Gas Measuring Apparatuses used to Calibrate Domestic Diaphragm Meters

Recommended Practices

• GS-ENG-07-08 — Conversion Factors for Gas Heating Values
• Preparation and use of an Ice-Point Bath