Help reading your meter

Mar

2015

Here are six different kinds of meters and tips on how to read them
Pre-payment meter Press blue button until you get a reading which says kWh, this is your meter reading.	Digital meter Read number. This example reads 56819.34 Read 1st number day/normal Press red button. Read 2nd number night/low
Mechanical single rate meter Read number from left to right. This example reads 99995.5	Mechanical dual rate meter Read number for night/low. This example reads 62330.4 Read number for day/normal. This example reads 93140.9
Dial meter Read dials from left to right. When the pointer is between two numbers read the lower number. If between 9 and 0, read 9. This number reads 60169.1	Utilita meter Press 9 once on the key pad and your meter reading will appear on the screen.
Heat meter If you have a heat meter and you're not sure how to read it, please contact your billing provider for more information.
Important: On all meter readings it is very important to note where the decimal point ( . ) is. Sometimes the numbers after the decimal point are shown in red. Often the dot can be very small, so do check carefully!

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