Metering devices installed in apartments or houses and calculating the amount of electricity consumed require regular verification and replacement if necessary. According to the bill, which came into force in 2022, all costs for planned replacement of meters must be borne by organizations supplying electricity. However, there are a number of situations when the owner of the apartment or other real estate will have to pay for this.
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We are often approached with the question of how to correctly complete the installation of magnetic indicators, and therefore we decided to give brief recommendations on this issue. This does not mean that you should blindly follow these recommendations. These tips are for those who have difficulties with registration.
1. We hold a meeting of owners and make a decision regarding the installation. We formalize everything with a protocol. 2. Determine the quantity and type of indicators to be purchased. We recommend taking 5-10 pcs more. This will allow you to quickly replace it if the indicator is damaged. 3. We appoint people who will directly perform this work and instruct them on the installation rules. Be sure to read the instructions for use. It is best to contact us directly and we will be happy to train your people in all the intricacies of installation. Additionally, they will learn many points that need to be paid attention to when carrying out work. It's completely free. 4. We install the indicators and draw up an installation report. Sample acts can be downloaded from the menu on the right.
Here, of course, it is difficult to determine the forms and methods of installation, but we hope that the given samples will help this category of users in some way. If your house is under the control of a management company, then a group of proactive residents should collect signatures under the requirement to install anti-magnetic seals in the house. This requirement is transferred directly to the management company and then we act according to the rules for HOAs, namely, we carry out the above points 2-4.
You can choose from 4 types of acts, which we divided into inspection and sealing acts and simply sealing acts. This is done for the following reasons. We think that many organizations have problems taking into account installed devices, be it water meters or electricity meters. This happens not because those responsible for it do not cope with their work, but for reasons completely beyond their control. Therefore, if you still need to visit subscribers and install indicators, then why not use this time to create or update a register of installed metering devices. We can kill two birds with one stone. And the number of all kinds of paperwork to be completed is becoming much smaller.
Some residents have a very vague idea of their responsibilities. Everyone knows their rights, but not so much their responsibilities. Therefore, from the extracts of Resolution 354, we have created a kind of memo, which also would not hurt to hand over to residents. You can modify it according to your own preferences.
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How to change the full name of the owner of a personal account
Changing your account to a new owner is incredibly easy.
To do this, the user must:
- Receive documents for real estate. The new owner must receive a purchase and sale agreement and an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate.
- Photocopy all documents.
- Take readings from the electric meter.
- Pay off existing debt.
- Take your passport.
- Select the compartment that is located next to the user.
- Personally visit the selected branch, take all documents, photocopies with a notary signature.
- Show the documents to the employee.
- Fill out an application to change the owner of a personal account.
- Pay off your electricity debt.
- Get a receipt in your new name.
If the property was purchased before July 15, 2016, the client must receive a Certificate of State Registration of Property. After this date, this document was removed.
Do not forget that the new owner, when re-issuing an account, must provide the branch employee with some documents. And this package depends on whether the property is privatized or not.
Typically you need to show:
- Applicant's passport.
- Sale and purchase agreement, gift, certificate of inheritance, court decision.
- Extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate, Certificate of State Registration of Rights.
- Electric meter readings.
If the applicant himself cannot personally visit the department, then another person can do this for him. But he must have a notarized power of attorney.
And if the apartment is municipal, then the user needs to provide the department with:
- Social tenancy agreement.
- Applicant's passport.
- A copy of the financial and personal account. It can be taken from the housing department or homeowners association.
- Electric meter readings.
The application is drawn up in a strict form.
To do this, the user:
- In the upper right corner enter the phrase “Head of the MES department, full name.”
- Enter your full name below.
- Even lower he signs his address and cell phone number.
Next, the applicant must write the word “Application” in the middle of the sheet, and below the phrase “I ask you to re-register a personal account (enter the account number) at the address (enter the address) from the full name of the former owner of the property to me (the full name of the new owner).
At the end of the application there is a date and signature.
How to replace an electricity meter in an organization
If the electric meter can no longer be used: a breakdown has occurred or its service life has expired, then it must be replaced. This applies to both residential premises and offices, enterprises, etc. The service life of the devices is indicated in the documentation for them. Typically for an electric meter this period can be up to 25 years.
The procedure for replacing the device will be as follows:
- The company must submit an application to the organization that replaces the meter.
- An engineer goes to the place where the device is being replaced to inspect the site, coordinate actions, calculate the cost and, ultimately, conclude a contract. The contract can be concluded either by the head of the company or by his authorized representative.
- Purchasing the necessary meter. This procedure can be entrusted to an employee who is in charge of the administrative and economic part.
- On the appointed day, a specialist arrives, does his job, changes the electric meter, and seals it.
Reasons and procedure for transfer
A non-closing communal electrical panel is a reason to move the meter into the house to avoid vandalism
After solving the problem of the legality of the actions taken, two other important questions should be dealt with: why this needs to be done at all and how to move the electric meter from the entrance to the apartment in compliance with all installation rules (in accordance with the requirements of the PUE).
Reasons for moving the electricity meter
After moving the electric meter into your apartment, you don’t have to worry about its safety and can easily track the current readings using the device’s indicator.
It is possible to transfer electricity meters from the entrance to the apartment in cases where this operation is really in demand and agreed upon with the relevant services.
How to fill out an electric meter replacement certificate
The act of replacing the electric meter is drawn up in free form. Companies that are engaged in changing electric meters and other similar work have their own form and sample of such a document. It already contains all the necessary data.
An engineer from the company that services the electrical equipment is responsible for filling out the report form.
The act must indicate the following information:
- The name of the company that replaces the meter.
- Number and date of issue of the license for the right to engage in such activities.
- Title of the document.
- Place and date of formation of the act.
- Name of the organization ordering the service, its address, other details.
- Meter replacement location. Here they indicate the address and name of the premises where the specialist replaced the electric meter.
- Information about the old meter: its type, year of manufacture, serial number. It is imperative to record its readings at the time of dismantling.
- Information about the installed meter: type, production date, serial number. You also need to indicate the readings for the date of installation.
At the end of the document, the engineer who replaced the electric meter signs.
Important! The act must be drawn up in two copies. One is given to the company to the customer, and the second is taken by the contractor.
Electric meter sealing
A new metering device must be sealed. Meter readings without a seal are not taken into account. It is necessary to carry out sealing immediately after installation of the device. The procedure is carried out by the management company after the receipt has been paid and the time has been specified.
The certificate of replacement of the electric meter and sealing is issued by the electrician. It should be submitted to the billing department. At whose expense the electric meter is replaced and repaired, this question worries everyone.
For a subscriber who uses electricity for domestic purposes, the electricity meter is replaced by the heat supply organization. This is specified in the norms of civil legislation.
According to Part 2 of Art. 543 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the organization undertakes to comply with the following points:
- Correct technical condition of electricity meters.
- Safe operation of energy networks.
Specialists of the energy supplying organization are required to change the subscriber's faulty meter immediately after receiving the application form. The work is carried out at the expense of the organization.
Is it possible to correct errors in the act?
It happens that the engineer filling out the report form makes factual errors: for example, he writes the wrong meter number, date or address. Then you can correct the shortcomings by applying the standard procedure:
- The fragment with an error is crossed out with one line.
- The correct option is written above or next to it in the margin.
- They also write: “Believe the corrected.”
- The corrections made are endorsed with a signature and date.
Corrections must be made with a representative of the customer company.
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The procedure for sealing the meter
As a rule, the installation of the meter and its sealing are carried out by the same organization. But it happens that for some reason the installation was carried out earlier, including on their own, so for sealing they enter into an agreement with the management or energy supply company.
- You need to submit an application to the management company, agree on the time of arrival of a specialist (engineer, electrician).
- Drawing up a contract and paying for services.
- Departure of a specialist, sealing of the meter.
- Drawing up a corresponding act, which should also record the readings from which the countdown will begin.
Doesn't such a transfer violate the law?
The transfer of an electricity meter to an apartment must be agreed upon with Energosbyt.
Independent transfer of an electricity meter to an apartment from the site is considered legal if the following approval measures have been taken beforehand:
- An application is submitted to the Energobyt service with a request to move the apartment meter.
- After reviewing it, company representatives prepare technical specifications, according to which a number of installation operations will need to be performed.
- Upon completion, a service inspector should come and check that the transferred electrical energy meter is connected correctly.
- He must seal the meter and draw up an inspection report confirming the absence of serious comments.
With this procedure for registering the transfer of the device, it does not matter who was the direct performer of the work - the user himself or an invited specialist. There will be no penalties for the procedure. But if at least one of the listed points is violated, the transfer of electricity meters to the apartment will not be considered legal.
What information should be included in the meter sealing certificate?
The company providing services for replacing and/or sealing meters develops the document independently, since its unified form does not exist. The paperwork is filled out by an employee who seals the meter.
The act indicates the following information:
- Name of the performing organization.
- Details of the license issued for permission to engage in this type of activity.
- Document title: “Act of sealing the electricity meter.”
- Place and date of signing the act.
- Information about the company that ordered the sealing of the device: name, address, other information.
- Location of the meter that needs to be sealed: indicate the address and its location in the room.
- Information about the meter that needs to be sealed. They write down its type, date of manufacture, serial number, indications on the day of sealing.
The engineer (electrician) who put the seal on the device must sign the document.
For your information! The document must be drawn up and signed in two copies. One remains with the customer organization, and the second specialist from the performing organization takes it with him.
How much does it cost to seal an electricity meter?
The initial sealing procedure for an electricity meter is always free of charge. In order not to accidentally overpay for the service, it is recommended to request in advance from the energy company a specification indicating all the actions that the specialist will perform and their prices. If the document separately highlights the cost of sealing, you should file a complaint with the service provider and request a reduction in the invoice amount. How much it costs to reseal a device depends on the region, type of electric meter, and urgency of the order. Usually the price starts from several hundred to 1.5-2 thousand rubles.
Can the act contain corrections?
Factual errors (incorrect number, date or name) may be corrected. If there are several errors, then it is better to take a new form and fill it out.
To fix it, you need to use the traditional algorithm:
- The option with the error is carefully crossed out with one line.
- Above or next to it, where there is free space, the correct option is clearly indicated.
- On the form they also write: “Believe the corrected.”
- Sign and date.
Who should put the meter into operation and within what time frame?
Since the meter for metering the consumption of a utility resource is under the control of the owner of the premises, it is the owner who is responsible for the installation and proper use, as well as timely replacement of the meter if it fails or its calibration interval has expired (clause 81 of RF PP No. 354).
After installing a new or replacing an old metering device, the procedure for putting it into operation is carried out, that is, documenting it as a calculated one (clause 81 of RF PP No. 354). Work on putting the PU into operation is carried out by the CU contractor. He conducts them without charging any fee in agreement with the owner of the premises or at his request (clause 81 (9) RF PP No. 354).
The application must contain the following information:
- information about the owner and his contacts;
- date and time when the owner proposes to put the IPU into operation;
- information about the IPU: a copy of the technical passport, its type and number, installation location, indications at the time of installation and verification date (clause “y”, clause 31, clause 81 of RF PP No. 354).
The meter must be accepted for calculations within a month from the date of its installation (clause “y” of clause 31 of RF PP No. 354). If the CG contractor cannot enter the IPU on the day specified in the application, he must propose a new date and time within three working days. Work cannot be postponed for more than 15 working days from the date of receipt of the application by the Contractor of the Civil Code (clause 81 (1) of the Russian Federation Regulations No. 354).
If, at the agreed time, the contractor did not accept the meter for commercial accounting or the work was postponed for more than 15 working days, then the metering device is considered to be put into operation from the date when the owner submitted the application (clause 81 (2) RF PP No. 354).
Metering point
In multi-storey buildings, you can find two ways to install the device relative to the room:
- inside the apartment;
- outside.
The first and second methods have their advantages and disadvantages. At the same time, its placement strictly complies with certain requirements. The meter outside does not cause any inconvenience in remodeling the apartment.
At the same time, it is not entirely convenient to control it when it is outside the living space. Especially in less prosperous areas where vandalism occurs. The device located inside, on the contrary, is very well protected from outside influences, but can become a problem when installing furniture.
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What does commissioning of a metering device include?
When the time and date are agreed upon, the metering device is installed, the CP contractor carries out the procedure for putting the CP into operation. This process consists of several stages (clause 81 (4) RF PP No. 354):
1. Reconciliation of the CP data with its documentation.
The CP contractor checks the serial number on the meter and in the passport, the equipment and installation diagram - they must match the information in the technical documentation of the CP manufacturer. If the meter is not new, then it is necessary to check the date of the last verification (clause 84 (1) of the Russian Federation Regulations No. 354).
2. Checking the control unit for operability.
The operation of the counting mechanism of the metering device, which records resource consumption, is checked.
3. Sealing of the metering device.
The utility service provider installs control and antimagnetic seals on the meter.
4. Recording of PU readings at the time of sealing.
This stage is necessary to correctly calculate the fee for the consumed resource according to the readings of the new meter.
5. Drawing up an act of putting the metering device into operation in two copies with the signatures of the owner and executor of the control center (clause 81 (6.7) of the RF PP No. 354).
The act records the date, time and address of putting the PU into operation, data on the representatives of the CP contractor who participated in the procedure, data on the PU (type, number, installation location), initial meter readings, indication of the installation locations of the seals and their numbers, the date of the next verification.
If, during an inspection of the control unit, its inconsistencies with the technical documentation are revealed or the fact of violations in its operation is established, then the executor of the control system may refuse to accept the owner of the control unit for calculations, which is indicated in the act (clause 81 (5) of the RF PP No. 354).
Problems that may arise
In the process of sealing electricity meters, some property owners have problems or misunderstandings with the relevant authorities. You need to know your rights and defend them, and not agree to fines or unnecessary services. In particular, it is important to remember that there is no service life for fillings, so you should not trust a specialist who recommends systematically carrying out the procedure. The energy company cannot oblige the consumer to move his meter if the location chosen by the owner of the premises complies with the standards. When the master claims that the readings on the electricity consumption meter are underestimated and issues a fine, an examination must be demanded.
What seals are installed when sealing the meter?
Let's talk in more detail about sealing the meter as an important stage in the procedure for accepting a new PU for calculations. According to paragraphs. “g(1)” clause 32 of the RF PP No. 354, the executor of the control system has the right to install control and anti-magnetic seals on the meters, as well as other devices that record illegal interference in the operation of the control panel.
The sealing is carried out before signing the act of putting the meter into operation - in order to enter into the act the numbers of the seals and the places where they are installed (clause 81 (8) of the RF PP No. 354). There is no charge for the installation of seals and devices (clause 81 (11) of the Russian Federation Regulations No. 354). The owner pays only for re-sealing, when the seals or verification marks have been broken (clause 81 (14) of the RF PP No. 354).
At the time the launcher is put into operation, its body should already have the original lead seal from the manufacturer. The secondary control seal is installed by the control panel performer in order to exclude the possibility of access to parts and changes in the control panel readings. The seal can be lead or plastic.
Also, the CP contractor, when accepting the meter for commercial accounting, installs anti-magnetic seals: they record the effect of a magnetic field on the device, which can affect the meter readings.
The consumer will not be able to remove the installed seals from the IPU without damaging them: traces will remain in the form of letters or watermarks. Therefore, if the control panel was exposed to a magnetic field for at least 1 second, the control panel performer will establish this fact during a control check of the control panel using antimagnetic seals.
Antimagnetic fillings come with one or two antimagnetic elements:
- When a magnet is exposed to the first type of seal, the antimagnetic element disintegrates, which is recorded visually when checking the seal. Such a seal consists of two parts: the main one is glued to the upper part of the control unit body, and the tear-off spine, duplicating the number of the main part of the seal, is glued to the act of putting the control device into operation.
- If a magnetic field affects a filling with two antimagnetic elements, then the entire element turns black. The main part of the seal, like a single-element seal, is glued on top of the meter body, and the smaller part is glued to the front wall of the device below. The contractor writes down the number of such a seal in the act manually.
When installing seals, the contractor must explain to the consumer the consequences that will arise if the seals are broken (clause 81(11) of the RF PP No. 354).
Artist selection
Users who believe that they can handle this problem on their own have the opportunity to do without unnecessary costs. The downside of this option is possible errors during switching, which will result in problems recognizing the correctness of the transfer. To be on the safe side, it is wiser to invite a specialist who, in addition to installing the device, has the right to seal it. The only disadvantage of this approach is the need to pay for the work performed at the tariff provided by the Energosbyt service.
Electricity meters can be installed in apartments only if all legal requirements are met. To comply with them, you need to worry in advance about choosing a place to install a portable electric meter and inviting a specialist. The best option is to hire an electrician from local energy services who is authorized to seal all brands of metering devices.
Why put the meter into operation correctly?
A correctly sealed utility metering device during commissioning and a correctly drawn up act will allow the utility contractor to avoid controversial situations in the future when charging for the consumed resource:
- During commissioning, the CG contractor checks the operating condition of the IPU and the accuracy of its readings, which influence the correct calculation of resource consumption for the purpose of maintaining the common property of the apartment building, which is paid by the CG contractor to the RSO.
- Having recorded the initial readings of the IPU, the service provider will be able to correctly determine the volume of resource consumption in the owner’s premises using the new meter and calculate the fee for the period.
- The supplied control and anti-magnetic seals, included in the act of putting the meter into operation, will make it possible to identify unauthorized interference in the operation of the control panel and legally recalculate the fee in accordance with clause 81 (11) of the RF Regulation No. 354 - based on the consumption standard using an increasing factor of 10.
- The act of putting the meter into operation, drawn up in accordance with the law, will help the management in court when challenging the amount of payment that the consumer must pay for utilities, including in the event of unauthorized intervention in the operation of the meter.
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Who is legally required to pay for the replacement of the old meter?
The metering device is considered the property of the consumer, which means that the owner of the premises in which the device is installed must pay for the replacement. However, in some situations, the meter may belong to the supplier or be transferred to the housing and communal services for maintenance. In such cases, replacement is made free of charge.
Important! If the housing is municipally owned, then by law it is the municipality that is obliged to pay for the replacement of metering devices.
When do electricity meters change at their own expense?
As already mentioned, if the housing (apartment or private house) is privatized and owned, then the consumer must pay for the replacement.