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DEC 111979 aooK 42 PAGE"213 <br />ATTORNEY ROEN ASKED MR. FANCHER IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES <br />IN THE RULES OR REGULATIONS WHICH WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE FRANCHISE <br />REGARDING MONITORING OF METERS. <br />MR. FANCHER EXPLAINED THAT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN WHAT IS <br />INCLUDED IN THE EXISTING RESOLUTION AND THE TARIFFS IS THE AREA <br />CONCERNED WITH GUIDELINES INVOLVING THE INACCURACIES ALLOWED FOR <br />METERS. THE TARIFFS CONTAIN STANDARDS THAT ARE BASED ON THE AWWA <br />STANDARDS. THEY HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF METERS INVOLVED AND <br />VARIOUS RANGES WHICH ARE ACCEPTABLE. THE RESOLUTION HAS A CRITERIA <br />OF + OR — 3%. THE + 3% IS THE HIGH, AND THE AREA THAT WOULD INVOLVE <br />FOR METERS THAT ARE RUNNING FAST IS THE SAME IN BOTH THE RESOLUTION <br />AND THE STANDARDS. THE STANDARDS, HOWEVER, PROVIDE A GREATER CRITERIA <br />IN THE AREA OF HOW SLOW METERS CAN RUN. MR. FANCHER EXPLAINED THAT <br />SOMETIMES IT IS CHEAPER TO LET THE METER RUN A BIT SLOW BECAUSE IT <br />IS VERY POSSIBLE IT WOULD COST MORE DOLLARS TO GO OUT AND CHANGE THE <br />METER THAN IT WOULD IN LOST REVENUE SO IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF <br />BOTH THE UTILITY AND THE CUSTOMER NOT TO CHANGE THE METER. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS DID NOT FEEL IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS <br />THIS MATTER OTHER THAN TO PUT THE COMMISSION ON NOTICE TO WORK TOWARDS <br />SOME OTHER CHANGES. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE UNDERSTOOD THAT MR. FANCHER HAS BEEN WITH <br />GENERAL DEVELOPMENT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AND THAT IT IS HIS RESPONSI— <br />BILITY TO PREPARE THE FINANCIAL FIGURE AND TO PREPARE THE TESTIMONY <br />TO BE GIVEN HERE TODAY. <br />MR. FANCHER STATED THAT HE COORDINATES THE TESTIMONY, AND <br />THAT HE DID NOT PREPARE THE TESTIMONY GIVEN BY THE OTHERS. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED -IF; BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS <br />GOING ON IN 1978, HE FELT IT WAS A TYPICAL YEAR OF OPERATION FOR <br />THAT SYSTEM. <br />MR. FANCHER STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE PLANT WAS UNDER <br />CONSTRUCTION DURING THAT TIME, IT WAS NOT PUT ON THE BOOKS IN 1978; <br />S0, HE FELT WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS THEY HAVE MADE, IT IS A SUITABLE <br />YEAR FOR LOOKING AT WHAT THE AFFECTS WILL BE FOR THE REVENUES AND <br />