Skip to Content go to search
Customer Service About Us About Energy Environment Community Investors
Search - click to the Search section
Progress Energy - click to the home page Meter reading
En Español    
home > customer service > residential: carolinas > 
Lower My Bill Toolkit
 
 
Needs
 
Electric Service
Electric Rates
Pay Your Bill
Products and Services
Save The Watts
Storm Central
Outage Maps
Energy Efficiency and Renewables
Communications
New Movers
My Account (login)
Learn About Registration
Contribute to Renewable Energy
InterConnecting Renewable Sources
Energy Neighbor Fund
Electrical Safety World
Customer Assistance Programs
 
 
Click on one of the steps below to learn more.

Steps:
 

Step 2 - Read my meter:
Your meter measures the amount of electricity you use in kilowatt-hours (kWh). Each dial on the meter represents one digit in the total number of kilowatt-hours you've used since the last time your meter was read.

Most meters are now easy-to-read digital meters.

If you have a digital meter, read it left to right.. This illustration reflects 40632.

40632

Some other meters are the mechanical dial type.  Here are some simple rules for reading your dial type meter:

  • Read and record meter readings from right to left.

     
  • Record the smaller number when the pointer is between numbers. However, if the pointer is between 9 and 0, use 9 as the lower number.

     
  • If the pointer is directly on a number, the dial to the right will determine its reading. If the pointer on the right has passed zero, record the number the pointer is directly on. If the pointer on the right is not past zero, record the next lowest number on the dial you're reading.

     
  • If you read your meter one month later, simply subtract the previous month's reading to determine the number of kilowatt-hours you've used in one month.

How to read your electric meter.  The meter runs much like the odometer on your car. Starting with the first dial on the right, write down the last number passed by each dial pointer. Remember that some dials turn clockwise and others counterclockwise. Subtract your previous meter reading (or the reading from your last electric bill) from this reading. This will show how many kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity you have used since then.

Customer Service  |  About Us  |  About Energy  |  Environment  |  Community  |  Investors
 
© Copyright 2009 Progress Energy. All rights reserved.    Privacy  |  Legal  |  Sitemap  |  Contact Us