Common use of Measurement Equipment Clause in Contracts

Measurement Equipment. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to install, at the supply point, electricity measurement equipment which shall enable a register log to be kept as well as quarter-hourly remote telemetering data regarding the active and reactive energy consumption, in a perfect state of repair, and the Purchaser shall enable the Marketer or the distributor to access the supply point in order to verify the correct installation and operation thereof. The Client is responsible for the measurement equipment and must not manipulate it, and must immediately notify the measurement equipment’s supplier of any incident which may be detected in relation to the functioning thereof. Furthermore, the Client must enable the distributor company and the Marketer (or any duly authorised legal representative that acts in the name and on behalf thereof) to access the measurement equipment, at all times, for the purposes of carrying out the necessary readings for the invoicing thereof, as well as to examine the functioning thereof and to verify the correct maintenance thereof. Measurement equipment’s installation and verification shall be paid by the Purchaser. Furthermore, the Purchaser shall install, at its own cost and expense, a dedicated telephone line in order that the measurement equipment may be connected to by the Marketer via modem. In the situation in which the measurement equipment were to fail, and if electricity consumption data was unavailable, the electricity shall be invoiced in accordance with the provisions established for said effects and purposes. If said provisions had not been established, the historical invoiced consumption values in relation to the same period of the year and for similar conditions regarding the Facilities operation, shall be used as a benchmark.