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CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. <br />DB/A CENTERPOINT ENERGY ENTEX <br />AND CENTERPOINT ENERGY TEXAS GAS <br />GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS <br />APPLICABLE TO NATURAL GAS SERVICE IN TEXAS <br />FOR JURISDICTIONS FOR WHICH TARIFF IS APPROVED ON OR AFTER MAY 23, 2017 <br />previous four years, the Company may charge a fee for the test, not to exceed $15.00, or <br />such other fee for the testing of meters as may be set forth in the Company's tariff <br />properly on file with the'regulatory authority. The customer must be properly informed <br />of the result of any, test on a meter that serves him. <br />(2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1), above, if the meter is found to be more than nominally <br />defective, to either customer's or the Company's disadvantage, any fee charged for a <br />meter test must be refunded to the customer. More than nominally defective means a <br />deviation of more than (2%) from accurate registration. <br />(3) If any meter test requested by a customer reveals a meter to be more than nominally <br />defective, the Company shall correct previous readings consistent with the inaccuracy <br />found in the meter for the period of either <br />(i) the last six months, or <br />(ii) the last test of the meter, whichever is shorter. Any resulting underbillings or over - <br />billings are to be corrected in subsequent bills, unless service is terminated, in which <br />event a monetary adjustment is to be made. This requirement for a correction may be <br />foregone by the Company if the error is to the Company's disadvantage. <br />(4) If a meter is found not to register for any period of time, the Company may make a <br />charge for units used but not metered, for a period not to exceed three months previous to <br />the time the meter is found not to be registering. The determination of amounts used but <br />not metered is to be based on consumption during other like periods by the same <br />customer at the same location when, available, and on consumption under similar <br />conditions at the same location or of other similarly situated customers when not <br />available. <br />(e) Meter Exchange. <br />(1) The Company follows the practice of testing and repairing its meters on periodic <br />schedules in accordance with good operating practice. The "periodic meter test interval" <br />is based on the results of accuracy tests of its meters randomly sampled of varying ages. <br />The period of presumed accuracy is the period during which not less than 70% of the <br />randomly sampled meters exhibit accuracy in the range of 2% fast to 2% slow. <br />11. DEPOSITS FROM CONSUMERS TO GUARANTEE PAYMENTS OF BILLS <br />(a) Establishment of credit for residential applicants. <br />(1) The Company may require a residential applicant for service to satisfactorily establish <br />credit but such establishment of credit shall not relieve the customer from complying <br />