Section Puc 2506.06 - Request for Alternative Method for Measuring Thermal Energy(a) A source shall not use an alternative metering method until that alternative method is approved by the commission.(b) A source seeking approval of an alternative method shall provide the commission the following information: (1) The name, mailing address, daytime telephone number, and e-mail address of the person requesting approval for the alternative method;(2) The name and location of the source at which the alternative method will be implemented;(3) A description of the metering method otherwise required by these rules and the reasons it cannot be used with the applicant's facility;(4) A description of the proposed alternative method;(5) Technical data and information demonstrating that the accuracy of the proposed alternative method will be functionally equivalent to that achieved by the method otherwise required by these rules, such data and information may include third party data such as product test results from independent test laboratories, performance data based on nationally recognized product test/certification programs, published resource data for use in calculations, and examples of the use of the method by other organizations for similar purposes; and(6) A statement from a professional engineer licensed by the state of New Hampshire and in good standing of the meter accuracy rate that will be achieved by the alternative metering method and that the proposed alternative method is technologically sound.(c) The commission shall approve an alternative metering method that satisfies the requirements of (b) above.N.H. Admin. Code § Puc 2506.06
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