I didn't say anything about ownership, I said jurisdiction. That's why POCOs put a tag and/or lock on it, and that's why if there's a clash between the power company and the city as far as what's required inside the meter can, power company wins.
We actually had that happen here whenever Kansas City Power & Light took over Missouri Public Service (MoPub) back around '99 to '00
MoPub required all meter cans to be grounded.
When KCP&L took over, they retained that spec (which they had never had before).But KC, Mo. required all the grounding to be at the panel
KC, Mo. was failing new services because of a ground wire being in the meter can, and we would remove it. Then KCP&L would come and refuse to hook it up because it wasn't grounded.
It ended up becoming a really big deal, and the city lost. To this day we ground every Evergy meter can, which is provided and owned by the customer