Section 857 - Measuring and Regulating Station ExpensesThis account shall include the cost of labor, materials used and expenses incurred in operating transmission and distribution measuring and regulating stations.
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Labor:
2. Recording pressures and changing charts, reading meters, etc.3. Estimating lost meter registrations, etc., except as purchases and sales.4. Calculating gas volumes from meter charts, except gas purchases and sales.5. Adjusting and calibrating measuring equipment, changing meters, orifice plates, gauges, clocks, etc. not in connection with construction or maintenance.6. Testing gas samples, inspecting and testing gas sample tanks and other meter engineers' equipment, determining specific gravity and Btu content of gas.7. Inspecting and testing equipment not specifically to determine necessity for repairs, including pulsation tests.8. Cleaning and lubricating equipment.9. Keeping log and other operating records, preparing reports of operation, etc.10. Attending boilers and operating other accessory equipment.11. Installing and removing district gauges for pressure survey.12. Thawing freeze in gauge pipe.13. Inspecting and pumping drips, dewatering manholes and pits, inspecting sumps, cleaning pits, etc., blowing meter drips.14. Moving equipment, minor structures, etc., not in connection with maintenance or construction. Materials and Expenses:
15. Charts and printed forms.16. Lubricants, wiping rags, waste.17. Employees' transportation and travel expenses.18. Freight, express, parcel post, trucking and other transportation.19. Utility services: light, water, telephone.