How to read your meter
It's important you understand how to read your meter when sending us a meter reading.
Smart meters
If you are charged more than one rate (like day/night, or for more than one dwelling on the property), we need the readings for each rate.
Press the button that’s usually at the right of the screen, depending on the model:
- the screen will scroll through the register readings (the numbers showing the amount of energy used)
- or you may need to push the button again to scroll from one rate to the next.
Pointer dial meters
- Ignore the top two red dials.
- Take care when you read the bottom four dials. ‘1000’ and ‘10’ are clockwise. ‘100’ and ’1’ are anticlockwise.
- Read the number that the pointer has just passed, even though this may not be the closest number to the pointer.
In the example image shown, the reading is 9704.
Digital meters
Read the meter numbers from left to right, ignoring the last number.
- In this example the meter readings are 450 and 1906.
- The red pointer shows this meter is running on the ‘normal’ rate.
Import / export meters
If you generate your own power and feed your surplus back into the grid, you’ll have an import/export meter.
There are many different kinds of import/export meters.