Our field service representatives maintain a 99% accuracy rating on reading your meter.

Ever wonder how they do it? You can learn to read your meter or better yet, make it a fun educational project for the entire family.

Your electric meter measures the flow of electricity to your home. Your electricity is measured in units called kilowatt-hours (kWh). Electric meters are precision instruments. Less than one-half of one percent of meters tested are outside the acceptable error rate of plus or minus two percent.

 

Your meter is normally located outside your home or apartment building near the main fuse box or panel of circuit breakers. Usually about five feet off the ground, the meter will be encased in a glass bowl and either have small dials that look like tiny clocks. You may have a digital meter that looks like the odometer of your car.

If you live in multi-family housing, your meter number will be listed in the top portion of your electric bill.

 

 

How to Read Your Electric Meter

Digital meters are read like the odometer of your car, from left to right.

The correct reading for this meter is 61421.

 

Dial meters are read a little differently. Each dial is read separately from right to left. Start with the dial on the far right and for each dial, record the number that the pointer has just passed.

The correct reading for the meter is 14235. If you notice the dial is close to a number, but not quite directly on it, look at the dial to the right. If the pointer on that dial has not passed zero, then record the lower number. If it has passed zero, record the higher number.