GB 17167-2025
General Rules for the Provision and Management of Energy Metering Instruments in Energy-consuming Units (English Version)
- Standard No.
- GB 17167-2025
- Language
- Chinese, Available in English version
- Release Date
- 2025
- Published By
- General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People‘s Republic of China
- Latest
- GB 17167-2025
- Replace
- GB 17167-2006
- Introduction
GB 17167—2025 Standard Revision Background and Significance
GB 17167 has been revised twice since its first release in 1997. This revision mainly optimizes the configuration requirements, accuracy level and management specifications of energy metering instruments to meet the needs of energy conservation and consumption reduction and digital management under the new situation.
Comparison of standard framework and core clauses
Standard dimensions Requirements of the 2006 version Requirements for the 2025 revision Scope of application Applicable only to enterprises and institutions Extended to energy-consuming units with independent accounting such as government agencies and social groups Equipment rate of measuring instruments No specific percentage requirement is specified Added Table 3 to specify the requirements for the equipment rate of various types of energy in detail (see below) Accuracy level Only grading requirements are proposed for electric energy metering devices Added accuracy grade requirements for temperature and pressure instruments, and refined technical indicators for various energy instruments Interpretation of core clauses of the standard
1. Principles for the allocation of energy metering instruments
The new standard emphasizes intelligent and refined management, and requires key energy-consuming units to be equipped with intelligent energy metering instruments with automatic data collection and remote transmission functions (see 4.2.4). This not only improves data collection efficiency, but also provides strong support for subsequent data analysis and decision-making.
2. Maximum allowable error requirements for energy metering instruments
The new standard provides detailed provisions for the accuracy grade and maximum allowable error of various energy metering instruments. For example:
- Electric energy metering device: Class I to Class V correspond to Class 0.2S to Class 2.0 respectively, see Table 4 for specific requirements.
- Gas flow meter: The accuracy level for online measurement of natural gas calorific value is ±1.0%, and the accuracy level for offline measurement is ±2.0% (see 4.4.3).
3. Management requirements for energy metering instruments
The new standard requires energy-consuming units to establish a complete energy metering instrument archive, including verification certificates, maintenance records, etc., and to perform regular calibration and maintenance (see 5.3.1-5.3.5). At the same time, key energy-consuming units need to use digital technology to achieve digital management of energy metering data.
Implementation suggestions and precautions
- System construction: Establish a documented energy measurement management system, clarify personnel responsibilities and verification procedures.
- Instrument selection: Select appropriate energy metering instruments according to the specific needs of the energy-consuming unit, and ensure that they meet the technical requirements of Table 3 and Table 4.
- Digital transformation: Key energy-consuming units should accelerate the construction of digital collection and analysis systems for energy measurement data.
- Staff training: Regularly conduct professional training for energy measurement personnel to improve their technical level and management capabilities.
Future Outlook
With the advancement of the dual carbon goals, the configuration and management level of energy metering instruments will become an important support for enterprises to save energy and reduce consumption. It is recommended that relevant energy-consuming units pay close attention to the updates of standards, adjust measurement strategies in a timely manner, and ensure data accuracy and management standardization.
GB 17167-2025 Referenced Document
- GB/T 15316 General technical rules for energy-saving monitoring
- GB/T 6422 Testing guide for energy consumption of equipment
- JJF 1834-2020 General technical requirements of Non-automatic Weighing Instruments
- JJG 162-2019 Anchorage Test System
- JJG 195-2019 Continuous Totalizing Automatic Weighing Instruments(Belt Weighers)
- JJG 443-2023 Fuel dispenser (trial)
- JJG 539-2016 Verification Regulations for Digital Indicating Scales
- JJG 686-2015 Verification Regulation of Hot Water Meters
- JJG 860-2015 Verification Regulation of Pressure Transducer (Static)
GB 17167-2025 history
- 2025 GB 17167-2025 General Rules for the Provision and Management of Energy Metering Instruments in Energy-consuming Units
- 2006 GB 17167-2006 General principle for equipping and managing of the measuring instrument of energy in organization of energy using
- 1997 GB/T 17167-1997 Guides for providing and managing of the measuring instruments of energy in enterprise
