AS 62052.31:2017 PDF

AS 62052.31:2017 PDF

Adopts IEC62052-31:2015 to specify product safety requirements and tests for equipment for electrical energy measurement and control.

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee EL-011, Electricity Metering Equipment.

The objective of this Standard is to communicate to users, and also provide manufacturers, with the product safety and associated type test requirements for electricity metering equipment intended for use in Australia.

Recent policy and regulatory changes underway in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) are intended to encourage the accelerated roll-out of advanced metering, replacing the predominantly electromechanical metering fleet presently installed. The introduction of this Standard anticipates this large, impending change-over of metering equipment.

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council directed reforms that resulted in the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) establishing new National Electricity Rules. These Rules mandate advanced meters for new, upgraded and replacement metering installations from December 2017. Advanced meters contain new electrical components, such as disconnect/reconnect supply control switches, interfaces to communications equipment and advanced electronic circuitry, all of which are required to operate in an exposed electrical environment, resulting in safety implications. IEC 62052-31 was developed with advanced metering in mind and with the objective of more comprehensively addressing the safety issues associated with such advanced metering.

This Standard is an adoption with national modifications and has been reproduced from IEC 62052-31:2015 (ED.1.0), Electricity metering equipment (AC)—General requirements, tests and test conditions, Part 31: Product safety requirements and tests.