MidAmerican Energy Company Logo


Overview

My Web Account

Payment Options

Gift Certificates

About Our Bill

Meter Reading

Automated Meter Reading

Meter Reads and AMR

How To Read Meters

Practice Reading Meters

2008 Meter Read Schedule

Budget Billing

Summary Billing

Request for Services

Customer News

Energy Assistance

Help Your Neighbor

Life Support Registry

For Your Business

How To Read Meters

First, look at the meter - electric or gas - and see how many dials it has.

Residential electric meters have either four or five dials.
Residential gas meters usually have four dials.

Note the numbers on the dials and how they are arranged. The dial on the right has the numbers arranged in a clockwise direction; the next dial has the numbers arranged in a counterclockwise direction and so on.



If a hand is pointing between two numbers, record the number the hand has just passed (note the traveling direction of the hands). If a hand is pointing directly at a number, look at the number to the right. If the hand to the right has not made a full revolution by passing 0 (again, note the traveling direction of the hands), the left hand should be recorded as being on the lesser number.

For Example: The middle dial below appears to be directly on the 7; however, since the next dial to the right has not yet passed 0, the middle dial is accurately read as 6.

The following meter reads 9 4 6 9 4:



To enter a meter read(s), log in to My Web Account. To practice reading a meter, select the Practice button.

Practice

For questions, concerns or to give a meter read, call MidAmerican at 888-427-5632. Customer service associates are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to assist you.






For Your Home | For Your Business | Safety | Rates | Energy Efficiency | Economic Development | Environmental Efforts
About Us | Careers | News Room | Storm Center | Wind Energy | Contact | Streetlight Repair Request | System Outage Watch | Energy Choice | For Contractors | For Landlords |


©2008 MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. All rights reserved.