Maintenance of thermal energy metering units. Maintenance of heating points and heat meters

Common house metering devices (ODPU) are used to fix the consumption of water, gas, electricity or thermal energy in the entire apartment building. Today, their installation cannot be called a whim, it is a necessity dictated by law. It has been operating for six years, but equipping such meters apartment buildings happens extremely slowly.

In this article you will learn:

• What are the features of the installation of common house metering devices.
• Who pays for the installation of ODPU.
• Who provides maintenance of common house metering devices in apartment buildings.
• What services are included in the maintenance of common house meters.
• What is the maintenance of common house meters.
• What is the procedure for checking and replacing the ODPU.
• Who pays for the maintenance of common house meters.
• What is the responsibility for poor-quality maintenance of common house metering devices.

Maintenance of common house meters remains a serious topic: who does it and who pays for the work. From August 6, 2017, housing inspectors began to check the presence of common house meters in MKD. If the ODPU is not found, they issue orders to establish it or fine it. In order not to get a fine, study the arguments for the inspectors in your favor.

Installation and maintenance of common house meters

Usually ODPU are used for water, thermal energy, electricity, gas. They are installed in technical rooms such as cellars, utility rooms. That is, where outsiders cannot penetrate and harm the devices.

Now devices are provided for such resources:

1. Thermal energy- tachometric, vortex, ultrasonic, electromagnetic counter. In our country, their installation began in 2009, after the advent of the law on the supply of buildings with heat energy meters. The increase in tariffs has also served as an incentive for the population to control heating in this way. Note that the collective meter is installed solely by decision of the meeting of residents.
2. Electricity. Devices exist individual, multitariff. The second option really allows you to reduce the cost of paying for electricity. The principle of its operation is that at night the tariff is significantly lower than during the day. During the hours of the most active use of the resource, that is, 7:00 - 10:00 and 17:00 - 19:00, the payment increases.
3. Cold, hot water. The system records the amount of fluid consumed for all residents, and not just those registered in the apartment.

In 2009, Federal Law No. 261-F3 was issued on the mandatory installation of common house meters. Eventually deadline 2012 was appointed to equip high-rise buildings with them. However, in a considerable number of houses this procedure has not yet been carried out.

For this reason, in 2015, it was decided that it was time to use financial methods to influence citizens who refuse to install such devices.

If in an apartment building all the norms for the installation of common house meters are met, but there are no devices themselves, when calculating the utility bill, the actual amount is multiplied by a multiplying factor. Note that it is possible to increase costs by 10-60%. Such strict measures have been taken solely to complete the process of equipping apartment buildings with LRPU as soon as possible.

The difficulty is that the installation of devices is carried out on the basis of the decision of the meeting of homeowners. The management company is obliged to inform the owners that it is necessary to install a common house meter and that it is beneficial. And also to convey information regarding possible penalties and other sanctions for refusing to use it.

The Criminal Code does not have the right to force homeowners to make a certain decision. This means that when the management company is unable to explain the need for an ODPU, the meeting will not give consent to the installation of equipment. The reason is simple: usually the decision is made taking into account the fact that the payment for the device and installation are carried out at the expense of the owners.

But we note that the collective meter is included in the common property, its use is for the benefit of the residents, that is, it is fair that it is they who are charged with the costs of purchase and installation. We also emphasize the fact that high price when distributed into apartments is acceptable.

The price includes installation, but without maintenance, for example, a common house meter cold water changes under the influence of several characteristics:

• section of pipes of the water supply system;
• the volume of the passing liquid;
• house area, number of apartments;
• technical conditions fixed in the installation project;
• size, type, equipment ODPU;
• technical, other nuances of installation.

All necessary documentation, calculations are prepared by the company responsible for the supply of the resource (in our example, cold water). Or the work can be done by a specially hired contractor.

Recall that common house meters are installed in the basements, next to the main communications of most houses. The exception is sometimes common appliances electricity metering, they can be located in equipped switchboard rooms if the latter are available.

Expert opinion

Why the installation of ODPU is beneficial for the management company

Lyubov Chesnokova,

editor-in-chief of the magazine "Management of an apartment building"

Without the use of metering devices, calculations are made according to the standards for the consumption of utility resources, because of this, the cost is higher.

In August, two more reasons appeared to install meters and an automated information-measuring system for accounting for the consumption of energy resources and utilities in MKDs.

• First, at present, it is allowed to start using it at the expense of the capital repairs fund. There is only one condition - the subject of the Russian Federation must include the service in the list of overhaul works common property in the MKD, which is indicated in Part 2 of Art. 166 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation.
• Secondly, if the MKD has an automated information-measuring accounting system with the ability to take readings at once, the fee for the KR on the SRI is set in accordance with these data. That is, the tenants no longer need to meet and discuss this issue separately.

Who pays for the installation of ODPU

According to the Federal Law "On Energy Saving", the costs of installing common house meters are fully covered by homeowners.

They are obliged to pay bills, in addition to situations where these costs are included in the amount for the maintenance, repair of residential premises and (or) mandatory payments and (or) fees for maintenance, current, overhaul common property (Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 13, 2006 No. 491, paragraph 38).

An invoice for payment of common house metering devices is presented to each owner. This document includes the total cost and information about how much is required from a particular owner.

Expenses here are determined as a part proportional to the share in the right of common ownership of the joint property. To calculate it total area the premises are divided by the entire footage of the house, multiplied by the area of ​​\u200b\u200bcommon property.

For example, the area of ​​an apartment is 100 m², the area of ​​a house is 9,000 m², and the area of ​​common property is 1,500 m². Then the share of the owner will be: 100 / 9000 x 1500 = 16.67 m².

According to the Rules for the maintenance of common property in an apartment building, ODPU are joint property, being part of the in-house engineering systems. That is why, in order to install these metering devices, it is necessary to hold a meeting of the owners of the premises, which we have already talked about more than once. This is reported to the owners of the apartments by the Criminal Code.

Although at the meeting, the management company is only required to familiarize the residents, it will face a fine if the owners do not receive information about the need to install metering devices.

In accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 9.16 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, if the companies responsible for the maintenance of MKD evade the development, communication of information about energy saving measures to homeowners, the regulatory authority sends an order to impose administrative liability in the form of a fine against UK, HOA:

• for an official 5,000–10,000 rubles;
• for a legal entity 20,000–30,000 rubles.

Payment for installation even before the stage of maintenance of common house metering devices can be carried out in one of the following ways:

1. One time payment. The entire amount is paid before or after the installation of the meter.
2. Installment for 5 years. Then the owner's share for paying for such a device is divided into equal parts and paid into utility bills for 5 years. But we emphasize that, in addition to the price of the device, you will have to spend money on interest on installments corresponding to the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
3. At the expense of the contractor's funds allocated for energy saving measures, increasing energy efficiency.

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 354 dated 05/06/2011 "On the provision of utilities to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings and residential buildings" establishes that the utility service provider must spend the difference between the standard and the amount of payment on energy saving measures, taking into account the multiplying factor.

Since these funds can be used exclusively for energy saving activities, they have a targeted nature of spending. That is the rules accounting require that they be reflected separately from other receipts.

Let's discuss an example. Imagine that according to the standard, 7 m³ of water is required per person per month. If the multiplying factor is 1.4, at a tariff of 14.63 rubles. for 1 m³ we get the following numbers: 7 x 1.4 x 14.63 = 143.37 rubles.

Whereas the amount without overpayment, according to the standard rate, would be different: 7 x 14.63 = 102.41 rubles.

This means that the difference between the two above-mentioned amounts is: 143.37 - 102.41 \u003d 39.96 rubles. The contractor is obliged to direct these funds to energy saving measures.

Installation of a common house meter is included in the list of energy saving measures. If the owners decide to implement it, and the utility service provider has target funds, they must be invested in the payment of the ODPU and its installation.

Now let's imagine a different picture: the owners refuse to pay for the introduction of the meter. In this case, the devices are forcibly installed by the resource supply organization.

Clause 12 of Article 13 of the Federal Law “On Energy Saving” obliges the owners to provide access to employees of the RSO to the installation sites of metering devices and pay the costs of work. If they refuse, the owners will also have to spend money on the enforcement of funds.

• Three rules for concluding contracts with resource-supplying organizations when accepting / transferring MKD

Who provides maintenance of common house meters in apartment buildings

The Department of Housing and Public Utilities of the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation explained in its letter that the utility service provider, that is, the management company, must service the common property of the owners of premises in the house, ensure constant readiness engineering communications, including common house metering devices, to the supply of resources for the provision of public services to the population.

Regardless of the form of management of the MKD: management company, HOA, housing cooperative or other specialized cooperative, the person responsible for maintaining the common property in the house is responsible for ensuring the operation of collective metering devices and compliance with all requirements for them. The role of tenants is limited to the monthly payment of utility bills.

In case of detected malfunctions, being responsible for the maintenance and commissioning of such a device, the CU contractor is obliged to ensure their elimination within 2 months. This is enshrined in the Federal Law No. 261 dated 11/23/2009 "On energy saving and on improving energy efficiency and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation" (current version of 07/13/2015).

Even if the issue is not resolved within the above period from the date of detection of the malfunction, the RSO must begin to use and maintain common house metering devices. And all expenses will go at the expense of the owners of the premises in this apartment building.

The provisions of Part 12 of Art. 13 of Federal Law No. 261 must always be complied with when regulatory authorities detect violations of the requirements for accounting for energy resources expended using the ODPU. And also if the person who committed them does not eliminate them within a period of up to 2 months from the moment they are detected.

The owners of the ODPU must provide access to the metering devices for the RSO, pay the operating costs. If citizens do not agree to voluntarily contribute these amounts, the latter will be collected by force.

Expert opinion

How to automate data collection from ODPU

A. A. Matveev,

Key Account Manager at Teleoffice OJSC

If you want energy consumption to be calculated without errors, you must submit correct data from the common house metering device on time. You can simplify your work, make it easier to access these indicators, and even save money by installing an automated data collection system.

As the name suggests, this system operates automatically. It can collect information at a certain time from all common house meters connected to it at once. Due to this, the balancing of all consumers is very convenient.

An automated system usually includes the following components:

• metering devices equipped with a digital interface, allowing you to take readings in automatic mode;
• communication device (modem) for data transmission to the server;
• server for storing information on metering devices;
• software (software) that allows you to collect information, calculate payment.

Communication within the framework of servicing a common house metering device can be used differently:

• via a wired connection;
• using a wireless connection;
• through local networks;
• using the Internet.

The most effective way of all of the above is called connecting the meter to the Network. It is carried out by means of an Ethernet adapter or a modem.

An Ethernet connection makes it possible to use the Internet available in the house to connect devices. At the same time, it is possible to avoid the costs of other communication options with the metering device.

Then the Ethernet converters (adapters) connected to the meters are connected via the Network to the data collection server, where the readings are transmitted.

Of course, the described method is effective, it does not need to install an expensive optional equipment, but the MKD must have access to the Internet.

Another way to connect to automated system data collection, necessary for the maintenance of common house meters, will be GPRS terminals. They are applied if the object does not have an Internet connection. Such a device establishes a connection of meters with the Network almost everywhere where there is a cellular connection. In other words, it is a universal, reliable, proven method.

If we compare GPRS terminals with a connection via an Ethernet cable, then we can highlight several of their indisputable advantages:

• the cellular communication used here is constant, does not depend on the infrastructure of the facility;
• this option cannot be a reason for downtime for technical reasons;
• does not require additional investments in maintenance, repair in case of accidents;
• the cellular operator guarantees the reliability of communication.

Of course, we must not forget that you have to pay for cellular communications. However, it is necessary no more than twice a month solely for the transmission of small messages when servicing common house meters. That is, the costs of a connected meter are calculated in several rubles.

Let's look at the capabilities of automated software using the ATM system as an example.

It allows you to remotely:

• receive information from metering devices for water, gas, electricity, heat;
• automatically prepare reports at a certain time;
• make amendments, create new templates for reports;
• place objects on an interactive map;
• access the system from any computer, tablet, if it has Internet access.

What services are included in the maintenance of common house meters

In accordance with the Rules for the maintenance of common property in an apartment building, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 491 dated August 13, 2006, common property must be maintained and operated in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation, maintained in a condition that ensures the constant readiness of utilities, metering devices for the provision of public services to residents MKD. Recall that the counter is included in the common property. This means that the operation and maintenance of common house metering devices includes:

• commercial registration of the device;
• monitoring readings on a monthly basis;
• work control, visual inspection devices for prevention, troubleshooting;
• periodic verification of equipment;
• repair of broken devices;
• drawing up reports on energy consumption.

What does maintenance of common house meters mean?

The rules for maintaining common property in an apartment building and the Rules for the provision of public services to citizens, approved by decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation, determine the following: the operation of common property must be ensured in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation. At the same time, it is necessary to maintain a state of constant readiness of engineering communications, metering devices for the provision of public services to residents of MKD.

The responsibility of the owner includes ensuring the use of meters in accordance with their technical requirements. That is, the owner of the metering station must conclude a maintenance contract with the appropriate organization. So, it can be a company that installs recording equipment, an energy supply company, a management company.

Maintenance, which involves the repair of common house metering devices, is carried out at a specialized enterprise in accordance with the approved technology. After restoration work, an extraordinary verification of the device is carried out.

Maintenance of common house meters for cold, hot water, gas, thermal energy can be divided into two categories: periodic inspection and preventive measures.

In the first case, the following actions are carried out:

• departure to the object (within the same district, council);
• obtaining keys in the control room (ODS);
• transition from the control room to the facility, opening the premises, access to the installation site of the common house metering device;
• determination of the compliance of the operating conditions of measuring instruments, devices, assemblies, their parts with standards technical documentation manufacturers;
• visual inspection to check for the absence of mechanical damage, the presence, integrity of seals;
• checking the reliability of mechanical, electrical connections, the presence of supply voltage;
• determination of the fact and degree of the operating state of the node;
• taking readings, recording them in a journal;
• preliminary assessment of measurement results, errors, identification of their causes, printout, final analysis;
• study of the readings of measuring instruments, determination of the compliance of the qualitative and quantitative parameters of heat and water supply with contractual conditions, regulatory documents;
• collection of tools and devices, closing the premises, moving from the facility to the ODS, handing over the keys, transferring the subscriber's questionnaire and recommendations for the operation of internal networks to the ODS and the resource supplying organization.

When preventive maintenance common house metering devices require the following actions:

• getting rid of dust;
• checking the presence of oil in the protective sleeves of thermal converters, adding it to make up for losses from drying out;
• checking the performance by closing to failure and opening the control parts of gate valves, valves;
• flushing of the flow part of flowmeters;
• cleaning filters from deposits, sand, scale with disassembly, revision;
• starting water from common valves to the corresponding device;
• checking the operation of the counting mechanism of the device.

If the integrity of the seals is broken, 24 hours are given to call the representatives of the supplier and the resource-consuming organization and draw up a tripartite act.

If there is a malfunction of measuring instruments, instruments, parts and parts that make up the metering unit, an application for repair is prepared. If leaks are found in the area of ​​​​flange connections with pipelines, it is necessary to tighten them, if this step does not help, put new gaskets.

• Direct contracts with resource-supplying organizations and direct payments for utilities

Maintenance of common house meters: checking and replacing meters

Along with other complex devices, a common house meter requires maintenance, periodic monitoring, repair, and sometimes even complete replacement. And since it is part of the common property, the issue of operation is the responsibility of all residents.

But the responsibility does not fall on them in private. They should be helped by the Criminal Code, which has the right to attract qualified specialists from organizations of the required profile. That is, it is the management company that must maintain the technical condition of the ODPU, control, repair and replace this device in a timely manner.

The company involved in the work must have a certificate for their implementation, admission to the implementation of verification, service, repair, replacement of these devices. Typically, such firms provide maintenance of common house meters on an ongoing basis.

They monitor the serviceability of devices, repair them if they break down, and if recovery is not possible, they replace the old equipment with a new one.

After the check, an act is prepared, including all deviations in the operation of the device, malfunctions (if any), existing options their elimination. This document is signed by both parties: the representative of the Criminal Code and the employee who carried out the control measures.

We emphasize that the benefits of installing an ODPU are obvious, however, funds will have to be invested in the device. Residents should take this issue seriously. And even at the slightest doubt, they have the right to demand from the Criminal Code a report on the actions taken in this area.

The fact is that the use of an untrusted device is prohibited, equated by the resource provider to the absence of such. That is, the consumer will feel all the ensuing consequences. For the period of control measures, payment for services at an average cost is allowed.

Expert opinion

The difference between checking the ODPU and checking its testimony

Ivan Molchanov,

Verification is a metrological measure, and ODPU is a measuring instrument. If we talk about our case, then we are talking about determining the amount of consumed communal resource. Verification of measuring instruments implies a set of operations performed to confirm the compliance of instruments with metrological standards. This is established by the Federal Law of June 26, 2008 No. 102-FZ “On Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements” (hereinafter - Law No. 102-FZ). From a technical point of view, during verification, maintenance of common house metering devices with specialized equipment is performed. Measuring instruments (SI) received from production, after repair, sent from abroad, operated and stored are necessarily checked.

Verification of these devices can be carried out exclusively by accredited legal entities, individual entrepreneurs. This rule established by Law No. 102-FZ. Periodic verification of meters included in the list approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 04.20.2010 No. 250 is entitled to be carried out only by state regional centers of metrology FBU TsSM.

Now let's talk about checks. As a contractor of KU, you carry out checks of metering devices. But these devices do not belong to the ODPU, this individual counters. You are responsible for checking the status of the ISP, the fact of their presence or absence, the reliability of the information provided by the consumer. This norm is enshrined in clause 82 of the Rules for the provision of utility services to owners, users of premises in MKD and residential buildings, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 05/06/2011 No. 354.

Expert opinion

Improper operation of the ODPU is one of the reasons for the unreliability of readings

Pavel Nikitin,

CEO consortium "LOGIKA-TEPLOENERGOMONTAZH"

The problem of the reliability of the data of the resource consumption meters always remains urgent for the RSO, for the MA, for the end user. There are many reasons why instrument readings may be inaccurate. The main one can be called not the malicious intent of a certain person, but insufficient professionalism.

Manufacturers of metering devices, fighting for the market and the consumer, have learned how to make fairly accurate, secure devices. But life cycle the latter does not end at the factory. Poor-quality installation, violation of operating standards easily neutralize all the efforts of the manufacturer. This problem is most acute in the maintenance of common house heat energy meters. The fact is that they are much more complicated than household electric meters, water metering units, and it is often necessary to involve additional specialized equipment to check their working condition.

Who pays for the maintenance of common house meters

If there are such devices in the MKD, residents must pay for their maintenance every month. According to the technical passport of the meter, every few years it is necessary to carry out a metrological state verification this device. At whose expense does it pass?

Clause 29 of the Rules for the maintenance of common property in MKD, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 13, 2006 No. 491, establishes: the costs of maintenance, repair of residential premises must ensure the maintenance of common property in accordance with the norms of the laws of the Russian Federation. This includes the cost of maintaining the working capacity and restoration of in-house engineering systems electricity, heat, gas, water supply, sanitation, costs for collection of payment arrears, for obtaining information from meters, maintenance information systems necessary for taking readings, processing, storing information about payments, preparing all necessary settlement documents.

Subparagraph "k" of paragraph 11 states that the required operation and maintenance of common house metering devices are carried out as part of the maintenance and repair of common property.

We emphasize that the required list of measures established by section 2 of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 03.04.2013 No. 290 “On the minimum list of services and works necessary to ensure the proper maintenance of common property in an MKD, and the procedure for their provision and implementation”, includes service checks, working condition, adjustment, maintenance of common house metering devices.

Part 1 Art. 36 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation defines a list of objects that fall under the concept of common property. Collective counters are included in it, the Criminal Code is responsible for their functioning.

It turns out, according to the norms of the law, the Criminal Code carries out verification, ongoing maintenance common house metering devices on funds paid by residents for the maintenance and repair of residential premises.

Systematic interpretation of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, Rules for the maintenance of common property in MKD, Rules and norms technical operation housing stock is as follows: all current, urgent, mandatory seasonal activities are provided for by the MKD management contract, are carried out by the Criminal Code, regardless of whether such work is included in the above list.

In other words, it is impossible to demand from the residents of the house to pay for repairs, verification of common house meters, since this money is included in the maintenance and repair of the common property of the MKD. This norm is established by Part 1, Part 2.3 of Article 161 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, sub. "k" p. 11, p. 29 of Regulation No. 491, section 2 of the Rules and Norms for the technical operation of the housing stock.

Such actions of the Criminal Code are contrary to the requirements of sub. "g" clause 4 of the Rules for the implementation of activities for the management of MKD, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 15, 2013 No. 416. The fact is that according to this document, the management of a high-rise building is carried out in accordance with the standards for organizing, maintaining calculations of payment for services, work on maintenance , repair of common property in the MKD, this also includes home management activities, utilities. The accrual of mandatory payments for the maintenance, repair of common property in the MKD, and utilities are taken into account.

Article 7.23.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation establishes the administrative responsibility of officials, legal entities in case of non-compliance by organizations, individual entrepreneurs, managers of MKD under the relevant agreements with the rules for conducting business activities aimed at servicing MKD.

The State Housing Inspectorate is responsible for the suppression of such illegal actions, which issues instructions to the Criminal Code to eliminate inconsistencies with the norms, and draws up protocols on administrative offenses. Responsibility for the latter is provided for by Art. 7.23.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and assumes for officials administrative penalty 50,000–100,000 rubles or disqualification for up to 3 years. For legal entities, the amount is 150,000–250,000 rubles.

• Is the resource supplying organization a partner of the management company and the HOA or vice versa?

Responsibility for poor-quality maintenance of common house metering devices

Article 9.16 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation states that in case of non-compliance with the requirements of the law on the installation of an ODPU, a fine is imposed on:

• legal entities: 500-600 thousand rubles.

Non-compliance by energy suppliers with the requirements for the proposal to install common house meters to the owners of premises in the MKD, their representatives entails a fine:

• officials: 20-30 thousand rubles;
• legal entities: 100-150 thousand rubles.

Unreasonable refusal or evasion of the management company responsible for the installation, replacement, maintenance of common house metering devices for consumed energy resources, from signing an agreement and / or from its execution, as well as violation of the procedure for its conclusion or non-compliance with the requirements for installation, replacement, operation of metering devices is punishable by a fine for:

• officials: 20-30 thousand rubles;
• IP: 20-30 thousand rubles;
• legal entities: 50-100 thousand rubles.

If the requirements for equipping MKD with common house meters are not met by persons responsible for managing residential buildings, the penalty will be for:

• officials: 10-15 thousand rubles,
• legal entities: 20-30 thousand rubles.

In other words, the responsibilities of the management company include monitoring the health, working condition, readiness of meters for the supply of energy resources and ensuring the population's KU.

Information about experts

A. A. Matveev, Key Account Manager at OJSC Teleoffice. TELEOFIS is a Russian manufacturing company offering wide range of wireless equipment for building dispatching, control and industrial communication systems.

Ivan Molchanov, Leading Specialist of Energy Audit and Regulations of Yurenergo Group of Companies. CJSC Yurenergo LLC is the parent company of the Yurenergo group of companies (which also includes EnergoAuditConsult LLC and VIG-BusinessConsulting Law Firm LLC) and one of the leaders Russian market energy audit, consulting, legal services. The company was founded in August 1995 and during this time has managed to turn into a large organization offering a wide range of services in all regions of Russia. Yurenergo group of companies today includes more than 60 energy auditors, consultants, lawyers, energy and legal consulting experts with advanced knowledge and modern technologies.

Pavel Nikitin, General Director of the consortium "LOGIKA-TEPLOENERGOMONTAZH". The LOGIKA-TEPLOENERGOMONTAZH consortium is a powerful association providing complete solution tasks of commercial accounting of energy carriers and energy saving in general in industry and public utilities. More than 27 years of experience, high-tech production base, knowledge of leading industry experts and an accumulated portfolio standard solutions provide a systematic approach to the implementation of a project of any complexity and open up opportunities for our customers to receive maximum effect and significantly reduce energy consumption.

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Unfortunately, over time, any equipment fails and ceases to perform its direct functions. To avoid unpleasant situations, it is necessary to carry out timely maintenance of heat meters. The state of the device is influenced by many factors that can reduce its functionality. It is necessary to keep the state of the meter under control, and from time to time to diagnose the state of the equipment. Do not forget that your expenses for communal payments.

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Ph.D. S.N. Kanev, Associate Professor, General Director,
Khabarovsk Center for Energy Saving, Khabarovsk

The purpose of this publication is to draw the attention of heat supply organizations licensed to repair measuring instruments (MI) and engaged in technical and service maintenance of heat energy metering units to the aspects that arise when checking licensed activities for the repair of MI that are part of the metering unit.

Introduction

In January 2008, the territorial body of state metrological supervision (Rostechregulative Inspectorate for the Khabarovsk Territory) checked all enterprises in Khabarovsk that have a license to repair measuring instruments and are engaged in maintenance of heat metering units.

Based on the results of the inspection of the licensed activities for the repair of measuring instruments, protocols were drawn up, which were then submitted to the Arbitration Court of the Khabarovsk Territory to initiate proceedings on bringing the licensee to administrative responsibility.

It should be noted that during the audit, the actual activities for the repair of measuring instruments were not considered, only the formal (paper) side was checked:

■ availability of normative-technical and normative-technological documentation;

■ availability of logs of repair and transfer of measuring instruments for verification;

■ availability of working measuring instruments used in the repair of measuring instruments;

■ Availability of reference MI used for verification of repaired MI.

The main remarks of the inspection body, in particular for the group of enterprises of the Khabarovsk Energy and Resource Saving Center, were as follows.

1. The licensee violated the technology of repair of measuring instruments, namely: in a timely manner (by the end of verification) did not ensure the verification of measuring instruments used in the repair process.

2. The licensee did not submit the List of measuring instruments and the schedule for verification of measuring instruments for 2008.

3. The licensee violated the conditions for the repair - did not conclude an agreement with the State Metrological Service for the verification of measuring instruments after repair: pressure measuring sensors (pressure gauges and manometers).

4. The licensee has repaired and sent for verification the narrowing devices that are not included in the licensed type of activity.

5. The licensee did not inform the licensed body - the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology of his new, registered according to the State Register, legal address.

All comments will be considered in detail below, but for now we note that the Arbitration Court of the Khabarovsk Territory in the first instance recognized all the arguments of the inspection body as unsubstantiated and decided: to refuse to satisfy the requirements of the Inspectorate for State Metrological Supervision of the Khabarovsk Territory.

The purpose of this publication: to draw the attention of organizations licensed to repair measuring instruments and engaged in the technical and service maintenance of heat energy metering units to the aspects that arise when checking licensed activities for the repair of measuring instruments that are part of the metering unit.

Consider the following concepts:

■ after-sales service;

■ maintenance;

■ repair;

■ verification.

Service maintenance

The concept of " service maintenance» is not included in the normative and technical documentation,

but it can be qualified in the following way. After-sales service is a set of services aimed at meeting the specific needs of each individual client.

The concept of service maintenance of a heat metering unit includes maintenance, repair and additional service functions provided to the consumer - the owner of the metering unit:

■ taking readings and analyzing data on the subscriber's heat consumption;

■ analysis of emergency situations arising during operation;

■ preparing a report on heat consumption for the subscriber and providing assistance in case of disputes arising between the subscriber and the power supply organization;

■ training of the subscriber's personnel;

■ provision of consulting services to the consumer on the issues of heat supply to his facility;

■ carrying out work to improve the operation of the heat supply system of the subscriber (regulation, adjustment, etc.).

Maintenance

In accordance with maintenance, it is a set of operations to maintain the operability of the product when used for its intended purpose, waiting, storing and transporting. In accordance with maintenance, this is the operation, repair, adjustment and testing of equipment. Operation - systematic use, maintenance and repair of heat-consuming installations.

Thus, maintenance in accordance with includes repairs, and in order to carry out repairs in accordance with it, it is necessary to have a license for the repair of SI.

With regard to heat energy metering units, maintenance is carried out in order to control the correct operation of the metering unit and includes the following types of work:

■ systematic monitoring of the operation of devices that are part of the metering unit and diagnostics of their technical condition;

■ current repair and adjustment of measuring instruments;

■ if necessary, dismantling of measuring instruments, their repair and subsequent verification.

Repair

In accordance with the repair - a set of operations to restore the health of the product and restore the resources of products or their components. The following types of repairs and repair methods are distinguished.

Repair types:

■ overhaul - a repair performed to restore the serviceability of a complete or close to full restoration of the product's life with the replacement or restoration of any of its parts, including basic ones;

■ medium repair - repair performed to restore serviceability and partial restoration of the product resource with the replacement or restoration of components of a limited range and control of the technical condition of the components, carried out to the extent established in the regulatory and technical documentation;

■ current (minor) repairs - repairs performed to ensure or restore the product's operability and consisting in the replacement and/or restoration of individual parts;

■ repair by technical condition- repair, in which the control of the technical condition is carried out at intervals and to the extent established in the regulatory and technical documentation, and the volume and time of the start of the repair is determined by the technical condition of the product.

Repair Methods:

■ aggregate repair method - a repair method in which faulty units are replaced with new or pre-repaired units;

■ method of repair by a specialized organization - a method of performing repairs by an organization specialized in repair operations;

■ in-house repair - a method of performing repairs by the manufacturer.

Verification

In accordance with verification of measuring instruments - a set of operations performed by the bodies of the State Metrological Service in order to determine and confirm the compliance of measuring instruments with established technical requirements. Measuring instruments subject to state metrological control and supervision are subject to verification upon release from production or repair.

So, if the concept of service, Maintenance and repair can be combined, then "verification" is in no way connected with these concepts. There is only an indirect connection between repair and verification: verification is carried out after repair, i.e. repaired measuring instruments must be verified. Although this is a controversial statement, as will be shown below.

The author spoke about the need for maintenance of heat energy metering units, especially on the basis of domestic heat meters, 13 years ago. At that time, most manufacturers of heat meters accepted the idea of ​​​​maintaining metering stations "with hostility." They motivated this by the fact that their products do not need maintenance, because. the operability of their products is maintained during the entire calibration interval (MPI), which is usually from 3 to 5 years. After the end of the MPI, a scheduled repair of the instruments and their subsequent verification are carried out. However, this myth was debunked after 1-2 years of operation of this equipment.

Operational practice has shown that none of the domestic heat meters has an actual MPI that matches the passport approved during testing for approval of the MI type.

For the vast majority of domestic metering devices, the actual MPI does not exceed 1 year (although sometimes there are samples in which the MPI is 2 years) with a declared MPI of 3-5 years.

Today, all domestic manufacturers of heat metering devices tacitly recognize this fact, introducing the column "maintenance" into the NTD for metering devices. In this column there are interesting records like:

■ “If a heat meter is used in conditions of heat carriers with a physical and chemical composition that differs from the requirements of regulatory documents, it is necessary to periodically flush the flow part of the flow converters without abrasive materials; flushing should be carried out regularly in the service mode, avoiding metrological failure; the frequency of flushing the flow path depends on the specific operating conditions”;

■ “If sedimentation is possible in the medium being measured, then the flow transducer must be periodically flushed in order to eliminate deposits; while avoiding mechanical damage inner surface transducer and its electrodes”;

■ “When detected during operation yellow plaque on the inner surface of the flow transducer, it must be dismantled and wipe the inner surface of the measuring section with a soft cloth so as not to damage the electrodes.

Isn't it funny. Firstly, how to determine whether the quality of the coolant complies with regulatory documents or not. Even if the quality of the coolant complies with GOST at the outlet of the source, it is not at all necessary that its quality will not change when flowing through the “rusty” pipes of the heat supply system. Secondly, how to “flush” the flow part and with what solution - nothing is said about this in the NTD. And most importantly: how to determine at what point it is necessary to flush (clean) the measuring section? How often should this be done in the field? Will the metrological characteristics of the device change in this case? You will not find the answer to these questions in the NTD for these SI.

Currently, the need for maintenance of heat meters during their operation is not discussed. In almost all regions of the Russian Federation, heat metering units are not allowed for commercial accounting if they are not under maintenance or service, although 13 years ago this was considered a crime.

Before returning to the verification materials, let us once again dwell on the concepts of repair and verification of measuring instruments.

For the repair of flow converters, heat meters and heat meters, no reference SI is required. When repairing, the following can be used: a set of keys and screwdrivers, a tester (multimeter), an oscilloscope, etc. Moreover, it is not necessary that these funds be trusted.

After repair (in order to determine the quality of repair), these MIs can be diagnosed (adjusted, calibrated) using reference MIs on special stands. You can do this, or you can not do it - if you are sure of the quality of the repair and have not damaged the seals of the state certifier. Moreover, this operation can be performed either by the repair organization itself, or by any other organization.

And finally, the third stage is the verification of repaired measuring instruments on special stands using reference measuring instruments, which is carried out by authorities

state metrological service. If, according to the results of verification, the product is recognized as suitable, then this means that the repair was carried out with high quality.

Note that although it is written in that MIs are subject to verification when they are released from repair, not all MIs need to be verified after repair. So, for example, if a current (minor) repair of an MI is carried out (replacement of a battery, power supply unit, fuse, etc.) and the seal of the state verification is not damaged, then this product may not be verified after repair.

This raises interesting questions.

1. Flushing, cleaning of the flow part of the flow converter during operation - is it a repair or maintenance? If the metrological characteristics of the device have changed during operation, i.e. a metrological failure has occurred (it is not clear, however, how to check this), then this is a repair for which a license is required and after which it is necessary to carry out an extraordinary verification. If the metrological characteristics have not changed, then this maintenance and a license to repair the measuring instrument is not needed.

2. Is instrument adjustment a repair or not a repair? The question is not as simple as it seems at first glance. Suppose the device was adjusted and its class was changed to a lower one, for example, from 0.25 to 0.5. However, the device remained functional. If this qualifies as a repair,

then it requires a license to repair, and if it is not a repair, then no license is required.

It is on such ambiguities and inaccuracies that the regulatory authorities are trying to play when checking the licensed activities for the repair of measuring instruments.

About the comments of regulatory authorities

Let us return to the comments of the regulatory authorities, which are given at the beginning of this publication. The first gross violation that, from the point of view of the inspection body, falls under paragraph “b” is a violation of the repair technology, which consists in the fact that the licensee, in the process of repairing, used untimely verified reference measuring instruments, with the help of which, allegedly, the repair was carried out . Note that in fact, we were talking about reference MI (pulse generator, frequency meter, resistance box, etc.), which are used when checking repaired MI, and not when repairing them. At the time of verification, a part of these standards was handed over for verification, which was confirmed by a letter from the metrological service that accepted these instruments for verification.

The essence of this remark, which the inspection body incriminated the licensee, was as follows.

1. In accordance with the MI verification schedule for 2007, the reference MI should have been verified in December 2007, and submitted for verification in January 2008, but before the expiration of the MPI. Since the licensee violated the Schedule, this, according to the inspection, is a violation. Note that the contract for the provision of metrological services contains a clause: “The Contractor undertakes, in agreement with the Customer, to verify the measuring instruments that are not included in the Schedule, presented outside the Schedule or with violated deadlines specified in the Schedule.” However, the inspection did not take into account the reference to this clause of the contract.

2. The inspectorate also charged the licensee with the fact that some of the reference measuring instruments, which, in its opinion, are used for repairs, were not available at the time of the inspection (it was being verified at the KhTsSM). Consequently, during the period of time when the reference SI were being verified, the licensee did not have the opportunity to carry out licensed activities. He should have warned the licensing authority, the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, about this, but he did not. The licensee drew the attention of the inspection that during this period he did not carry out any repairs or verification, but

this was not taken into account. And although the inspection did not prove the fact of the repair and, consequently, the violation of the repair technology, it still considered this a violation and demanded that the licensee be punished. From the point of view of a normal person, this is absolute nonsense: to punish not for committing a crime, but for the potential possibility of committing a crime. According to the logic of the inspection, it turns out like a classic: “If a gun hangs on the wall, then it will definitely fire sometime,” which means it can kill someone.

The court dealt with this issue in the following way. Let us quote the decision of the court: "Based on the definition" technological process”, given in GOST 3.1109-82 “Terms and definitions of basic concepts”, a violation of the technology and manufacture and repair of measuring instruments means the presence of a violation of the production process during the manufacture and repair of measuring instruments. The Inspectorate did not provide evidence that the untimely delivery of instruments for verification led to a violation of the MI repair technology. At the time the instruments were being verified at the KhTsSM, the latter could not be used by the licensee in the repair of measuring instruments and, as a result, there could be no violation of the repair technology.

Let us further consider the second remark addressed to the licensee by the regulatory authority: The licensee did not provide a list and schedule for the verification of measuring instruments for 2008. proceedings. But regarding the list, the supervisory authority insisted on its position, which was as follows. In accordance with, “Measuring instruments that are in operation or in storage are subject to periodic verification; lists of measuring instruments to be verified are compiled by the owners of measuring instruments and sent to the body of the State Metrological Service.

Those. according to the logic of the regulatory authorities, the licensee had to present to the inspection a list of all measuring instruments that are on its balance sheet and are in operation or in storage: electric meters, heat and water meters, for which utility payments are made with resource supply organizations, etc. Moreover, in what form this list should be compiled and for what period it should be compiled, it is not specified.

The licensee did not have this list, but the court considered that this did not apply to licensed activities for the repair of measuring instruments. However, the inspection insisted that the licensee had violated a regulation, namely, and

means, thereby violated the terms of the licensed activities. However, the court did not take into consideration the arguments of the supervisory authority on this issue.

I want to draw the attention of everyone who has on their balance sheet and operates measuring instruments to the fact that the List of measuring instruments to be verified must be kept. This is the first thing that the inspection for metrological supervision and control checks. Moreover, this does not necessarily apply to the verification of activities for the repair of measuring instruments.

According to the author, this list is not needed either by the enterprise-balance-keeper, or even more so by the body of the state metrological service (GMS), which verifies SI. Both parties verify these measuring instruments in accordance with the terms established in the NTD for these measuring instruments and on the basis of an agreement for the provision of metrological services concluded annually between these parties. Therefore, the presence of a list in is an extra hook for the territorial bodies of Rostekhregulirovanie, on which they are trying to catch the organization being checked - the owner of the SI.

Let's consider the third remark: "The licensee violated the condition for the repair - did not include in the contract with the State Migration Service for verification after the repair of pressure gauges and vacuum gauges."

Firstly, as mentioned above, repair and verification are different things and should not be confused. If the SI data were not included in the Verification Schedule for 2007, then this did not violate the condition for the repair.

Secondly, the licensee drew the attention of the inspectors to the fact that these measuring instruments were not repaired by him, but were handed over for verification, because MPI has expired.

Thirdly, in the agreement between the licensee and HMS for the provision of metrological services there is a clause according to which the Contractor (HMS) undertakes, in agreement with the Customer (licensee), to verify the measuring instruments not included in the schedule. Therefore, the court did not take into account this remark and dismissed the arguments of the inspection.

The fourth observation of the inspection was that “the Licensee repaired and sent for verification the restrictive devices (CD) not included in the licensed type of activity.” In the opinion of the inspection, this is a very gross violation, because the licensee carried out activities to repair the control system, without having the right to do so. During the inspection, the licensee drew the attention of the inspectors to the fact that he did not repair the control systems, but only handed them over to the State Migration Service for verification.

Note that only standard diaphragms are used as control systems in Khabarovsk, which, in principle, cannot be repaired. The licensee, at the request of consumers, for whom he serves heat metering units, really handed over the control systems - standard diaphragms, having previously cleaned them of dirt and washed them in kerosene, but this is not a repair! Since the inspectorate was unable to prove the repair of the control system, the court considered its arguments unfounded.

And, finally, the last - the fifth remark: "The licensee did not inform the licensed body about the change in its legal address."

In accordance with: "In the event of a reorganization of a legal entity, a change in its name or location, as well as in the event of a change in the address of the place where the licensed type of activity is carried out, the licensee is obliged to submit an application for reissuing a document confirming the existence of a license."

Since neither the actual nor the postal address of the licensee has changed, nor has the address of the place where the licensed activity is carried out changed, and there has not been a reorganization of the legal entity - the licensee, the licensee considered that he acted in strict accordance with and therefore did not notify the licensed body of the change in legal addresses. The court took the side of the licensee and recognized the arguments of the inspection as unfounded.

In conclusion, we can quote the decision of the Arbitration Court of the Khabarovsk Territory:

“In accordance with clauses 1.4 and 1.5 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations, a person is subject to administrative liability only for those administrative offenses in respect of which his guilt is established, irremovable doubts about the guilt of a person brought to administrative responsibility are interpreted in favor of this person. The provisions of Art. 65 and 210 of the Arbitration Procedure Code of the Russian Federation establish the rules according to which the obligation to prove the obligations that served as the basis for bringing to administrative responsibility rests with the administrative body that made the contested decision (in our case, this is the State Metrology Control Inspectorate).

This decision also follows from, namely: paragraph 3 of Art. 12 "To the relations connected with

when the licensing authority checks that the licensee complies with the license requirements and conditions in the course of carrying out the licensed type of activity, the provisions shall apply.

In accordance with Art. 3 of the law the basic principles of protecting the rights of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs when conducting state control (supervision) are: the presumption of good faith, i.e. the innocence of the legal entity, and, therefore, the controlling body must prove the guilt of the person being checked, and not vice versa.

Based on the above, the following can be done findings.

1. An organization engaged in the maintenance of heat metering units must have a license from Rostekhregulirovanie for the repair of measuring instruments that are part of the metering unit.

2. If the territorial bodies of Rostekhregulirovanie will check your licensed activity for the repair of measuring instruments and during this check they conclude that you have violated the conditions for carrying out this activity, then they will have to prove your guilt by presenting the relevant facts, and you are not obliged to them help by testifying against themselves, providing them with the information they request, sometimes even illegally.

Literature

1. GOST 18322-78. The system of maintenance and repair of equipment. Terms and Definitions.

2. Rules for the operation of heat-consuming installations and heating networks of consumers, State Energy Supervision Authority, 1998

3. the federal law No. 128-FZ "On Licensing Certain Types of Activities".

4. Law on Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements (as amended by Federal Law No. 15-FZ of January 10, 2001).

5. Glukhov A.P., Kanev S.N., Putyatin V.I. Experience of the Khabarovsk Center for Energy and Resource Saving in servicing heat metering devices at enterprises // Industrial Energy. No. 2, 1995.

6. Regulation on licensing activities for the manufacture and repair of measuring instruments, approved. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 13, 2006 No. 493.

7. PR.50.2.006 "Procedure for verification of measuring instruments".

8. Federal Law on the Protection of the Rights of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs during State Control (Supervision) No. 134-FZ of 2001

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List of works included in the service:
1) Monthly taking readings and submitting them to the heat supply organization;
2) Analysis of indications and issuance of recommendations for the operation of internal networks;
3) Registration with representatives of the heat supply organization of acts of re-admission
4) Maintenance work - checking the integrity of seals, adding oil, checking grounding contacts, checking flange and coupling connections, checking the condition of electrical wiring to thermistors, flow sensors and power supply;
5) Intermediate check of the operability of the heat metering unit;
6) Checking the performance of devices:
a) Estimation of the current measurement error of the flow rate on the supply and return pipelines;
b) Comparison of temperatures of resistance thermocouples with temperatures on alcohol (mercury, bimetallic, etc.) thermometers;
c) Reading of error codes of emergency and abnormal situations accumulated by the calculator and their analysis.
7) Minor repairs:
a) replacement of AP, fuses;
b) checking the interface;
c) replacement of measuring and computing units;
d) assessment of pressure sensors.
8) In case of failure of devices - dismantling with sending to the manufacturer, installation after repair, putting into operation, calling a representative of the heat supply organization to issue an admission certificate.

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