legacy watthour and demand meters subject to this waiver request will likely be replaced by the end of 2019. In particular, Duquesne Light asserts that: Continuing the testing programs concurrently with the AMI Deployment project would result in many legacy meters exchanged under the testing programs being exchanged again for an AMI meter within 0-24 months. This duplication of meter exchanges results in significant additional capital costs to both Duquesne Light and its customers, with no significant improvement in validation of meter accuracy. Petition, ¶ 19. Duquesne Light provides the following data regarding meter counts and affected customers: Table 1 Meters per year Legacy meters to be Single-phase meters selected by tested each year absent a 4,000 watthour meters statistical sampling for testing waiver, based on average throughout specified testing cycles number of legacy meters All polyphase meters tested over 2,000 demand meters in service specified testing cycles 150,000 watthour Residential meters Legacy meters to be meters from 2015 through 2018 replaced each year during Commercial & Industrial meters the AMI project 7,5000 demand meters from 2016 through 2019 Legacy meters Duquesne Legacy meters removed from Light expects to test 12,000 meters service for non-AMI deployment “as in 2016 reasons found” Petition, ¶¶ 14, 16, &19. Duquesne Light also notes that it will continue periodic testing of approximately 3,000 MV 90 interrogation scope meters not being exchanged under the AMI deployment project. Petition, ¶ 20. Duquesne does not indicate the length of the testing cycle for these 3,000 MV 90 interrogation scope meters or how many of them will be tested each year. That they are being tested periodically means that all of them are tested during a given testing cycle.
legacy watthour and demand meters subject to this waiver request will likely be replaced by the end of 2019. In particular, Duquesne Light asserts that: Continuing the testing programs concurrently with the AMI Deployment project would result in many legacy meters exchanged under the testing programs being exchanged again for an AMI meter within 0-24 months. This duplication of meter exchanges results in significant additional capital costs to both Duquesne Light and its customers, with no significant improvement in validation of meter accuracy. Petition, ¶ 19. Duquesne Light provides the following data regarding meter counts and affected customers: Table 1 Meters per year Legacy meters to be tested each year absent a waiver, based on average number of legacy meters in service 4,000 watthour meters Single-phase meters selected by statistical sampling for testing throughout specified testing cycles 2,000 demand meters All polyphase meters tested over specified testing cycles Legacy meters to be replaced each year during the AMI project 150,000 watthour meters Residential meters from 2015 through 2018 7,5000 demand meters Commercial & Industrial meters from 2016 through 2019 Legacy meters Duquesne Light expects to test “as found” in 2016 12,000 meters Legacy meters removed from service for non-AMI deployment reasons Petition, ¶¶ 14, 16, &19. Duquesne Light also notes that it will continue periodic testing of approximately 3,000 MV 90 interrogation scope meters not being exchanged under the AMI deployment project. Petition, ¶ 20. Duquesne does not indicate the length of the testing cycle for these 3,000 MV 90 interrogation scope meters or how many of them will be tested each year. That they are being tested periodically means that all of them are tested during a given testing cycle.