Electric Service Standards - CenterPoint Energy

110 Harmonics: Integer multiples of the fundamental power system frequency (sixty
cycles per second), which have a negative effect on the power system. Harmonics
are generated by the non-continuous manner in which electronically controlled
(non-linear) equipment draws current. See Article 500.1 and 500.2.
111 Manufactured Home: Built on a non-removable chassis (Federal Construction
Safety Standards Act (HUD/CODE) requirement) and designed to be used as a
dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to required
utilities. Mobile Homes are defined as manufactured homes in HUD regulations
and the NEC Code also includes mobile homes in their definition of manufactured
homes.
112 Meter: An instrument, or instruments, together with auxiliary equipment, for
measuring the electric power and energy supplied to a Customer.
113 Meter Mounting Devices: The devices owned and furnished by the Customer for
mounting and/or enclosing the Company's self-contained Metering Equipment.
114 Meter Box: A metal box furnished by the Company and installed by the
Customer at the Customer’s expense to house transformer rated meters.
115 Metering Current Transformer Box: A metal box furnished by the Company
and installed by the Customer at the Customer's expense, for enclosing the
Company's metering current transformers where required.
116 Metering Potential Transformer Box: A metal box furnished by the Company
and installed by the Customer at the Customer's expense, for enclosing the
Company's metering potential transformers where required.
117 Meter Loop: The opening in and extension of the Customer's Service Entrance
Conductors provided for installation of the Company's Meter.
118 Mobile Home: A factory assembled structure or structures transportable in one or
more sections that is built on a permanent chassis (integrated frame and axles) and
designed to be used as a dwelling without a permanent foundation where
connected to the required utilities. The metal frame that the house is hauled on is
also the structural floor support of the home and stays as part of the home after
installation. The term Mobile Home includes manufactured homes. The
requirements in the NEC treat mobile and manufactured homes the same unless
specifically stated otherwise.
119 Modular Home: Designed, engineered and built in a factory controlled
environment and then carried in sections by special trucks to a building site where
they are put together by a builder on a permanent foundation, similar to regular
home construction. Unlike mobile homes, modular homes do not have integrated
frames and axles. For the purposes of these Service Standards, CenterPoint
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