67-A - Charges for past services.

§ 67-a. Charges  for  past  services. 1. A gas or electric corporation  shall inspect and assure the accuracy of  a  metering  device  upon  the  request of any new commercial customer.    2.  No  gas  corporation  or electric corporation shall charge its new  commercial customer for past services received if the failure to  charge  for such services resulted from the faulty operation or inoperation of a  metering  device which the gas or electric corporation failed to inspect  as provided in subdivision one of this section.    3. The provisions of this section shall not apply in  the  case  of  a  meter  which  is faulty or inoperable due to the culpable conduct of the  customer or one of his agents.