Working Group on Utility Meters

Terms of Reference

BACKGROUND
The Working Group on Utility Meters was established at the second Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum meeting held in Beijing on 22 October 1995. Utility meters comprise a range of measuring instruments that are used for trade and these include water meters, gas meters, electricity meters, taximeters, telephone meters and parking meters. There is a need to ensure that the pattern approval requirements for these instruments are harmonized, as there is significant international trade in these meters.  The Working Group aims to identify the usage of, and requirements for, utility meters in Asia-Pacific economies with the view of harmonization and uniformity of utility meters requirements in the region.  

SCOPE
The Working Group on Utility Meters covers utility meters including water meters, gas meters, electricity meters, taximeters, telephone meters and heat meters. 

OBJECTIVES
To ensure that requirements for utility meters, namely water meters, gas meters, electricity meters, taximeters, telephone meters, parking meters and heat meters are harmonized within the Asia-Pacific region.
 
TARGET OUTCOMES
  • A survey and analysis on the extent of metrological control of utility meters in Asia-Pacific economies;  
  • ​To ensure that technical requirements for utility meters are harmonized within the Asia-Pacific region with a conformity to the OIML Recommendation(s)

Membership

CHAIR:  Mr WANG Lei, ​State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), People's Republic of China
Mr MUY Samrach, National Metrology Center of Cambodia
Mr Carl COTTON, Measurement Canada
Dr Kyung-Min Nam and Mr Ji Hyun UM, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 
Mr Syahrul MANAP and Mr Nazri MARZUKI, National Metrology Institute of Malaysia
Mr Sabino Paulo LEONES, Industrial Technology Development Institute, Taguig City, Philippines
Miss Pisakorn PISANKUL, Bureau of Weights and Measures (BWM), Thailand
Mr Ralph RICHTER, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA
Mr CAO Viet Bach, ​Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ), Vietnam

Current Work Programme 
​Agreed at 26th APLMF Meeting in 2019.
  1. Deliver training course on Type Approval and Verification of Electricity Meters - 2020
  2. Investigate delivering course on gas meters - 2021
  3. Deliver course on electric vehicle charging equipment - 2022
  4. Deliver workshop on billing system based on GIS like Uber billing system - 2022
  5. Determine which utility to focus on for eLearning
  6. Liaise with OIML Issuing authorities (NMIA, NIM, NMIJ) to support work of the WG

History


1995:  WG on Utility Meters was established at the second Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum meeting held in Beijing on 22 October 1995.
1996:  Chair - Rene Magnan, Measurement Canada
1999:  Chair assumed by John Birch Australia
2001:  Chair - Gilles Vinet Measurement Canada
2005:  Training on Electricity Meters held in Hanoi-March
2007:  Training on Electricity Meters held in Beijing
2010:  Training on Gas measurement Chongqing China
2010:  Training on Water Meters-Vietnam
2015:  Chair - Alan Johnston Measurement Canada
2019:  Chair - Mr WANG Lei,  Republic of China
2019:  Membership formalised to include Cambodia, Canada, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, USA and Vietnam

Training Materials
Water Meter Training Materials from course held in Malaysia - October 2019
The History of Water Meters
Water Meters
Selection and Installation
Calibration of Water Meter
Pattern Approval and Verification
Water Meter Standards
Minimum Test Quantity 
Water Meter R049-1-e2013
Water Meter R049-2-e2013
Water Meter R049-3-e2013
Water Meter Testing - Presentation from Malaysia 
Training Reports
2019 - Verification of Water Meters - Malaysia 

Working Group Reports
2019 WG Report