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The Peruvian Metrological Standards approved by the Metrology Directorate of Inacal are mandatory because they have the character of technical regulations. In order to guarantee reliable measurements and to be in accordance with the standards of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the Ministry of Production through the National Institute of Quality (Inacal) approved the update of three (3) Peruvian Metrological Standards (NMP) that will help the energy sector to guarantee reliable measurements in the country.
New technologies, in addition to increasing productivity, in the energy sector increase the vulnerabilities that can lead to intentional or unintentional misuse of measurements, therefore the following standards were updated:
NMP 014. ELECTRICAL ENERGY MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT (PART 1 and 2).
NMP 015 ELECTRICAL ENERGY MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT - Particular Requirements. Static meters for AC active energy (classes 0.5, 1 and 2).
NMP 022 ELECTRICAL ENERGY MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT - Particular Requirements: Static meters for AC active energy (classes 0.1 S, 0.2 S and 0.5 S).
This allows the incorporation of the software evaluation that will not only help to improve measurement technology in accordance with the international market, but will also achieve better control and assurance of measurements. In this way, the energy sector and the inspection authorities will be able to better protect the consumer of electric energy distribution services. In addition, as these are standards that have been published internationally for more than four (4) years, they have current certifications. It should be noted that the Metrology Directorate has the capacity to carry out the software evaluation once it is incorporated into the Single Text of Non-Exclusive Services (TUSNE).
The Metrology Directorate of Inacal is the national authority responsible for regulating and standardizing legal metrology, the latter as the application of legal requirements to measurements and measuring instruments and determining metrological control directly or in coordination with other organizations.
Metrological control is the generic term used to globally designate the legal operations to which measuring instruments can be subjected. The main objective is the verification of equipment or measurement systems that may have an influence on the transparency of specific activities, guaranteeing that the instrument or means used for measurements maintain the metrological properties and qualities determined in the corresponding Peruvian Metrological Standard or its equivalent.
