Keeping Meter Readings ( electric )

Former_E.ON_Company_Representative:_Malc

molerat wrote: »

I have been a customer of both E.On and EDF. I supplied regular monthly readings and was billed to those readings every time. They will only ask for a reading every 3 / 6 months and will bill to an estimate if not supplied but will bill more regularly if provided with a reading.

Glad we used your readings okay molerat and thanks for letting us have them so regularly.

Just a quick heads up for any of our customers who might not know. Provided they've registered with the website, our customers can create their own bills in real time by popping in readings. If they don't want a bill, they can check the balance the readings would create.

Thanks again molerat.

Malc

Richmc

Farway wrote: »

Another YES, you can do it easily by just taking a photo with your 'phone which I assume will then record time & date automatically
and depending on your phone, may even store a back up in a cloud somewhere

This and put a copy of the days newspaper with your address written next to it to prove the date.

Norman_Castle

BrendanRendering wrote: »

The meter cupboard was sporadically open but now it's permanently locked and I'm not allowed to access or read my own meter. I went to the council to buy a key, they say they don't have one & it's the electricity supplier's responsibility to come out and read the meter, obviously the supplier isn't going to mess about with this, they also deny having a key.

Is it a single cupboard containing multiple meters? If so ask the neighbours if they have a key. Meter cupboards with multiple meters also often contain the fusebox for the communal supply and switches to cut off the power for each supply. Its nonsense that a landlord wouldn't have a key for this as it would be necessary for maintenance and pre payment meters.

nigelbb

Richmc wrote: »

This and put a copy of the days newspaper with your address written next to it to prove the date.

This only proves the reading is not earlier than the date on the newspaper. It doesn’t confirm the date the read was done.