How to Read Your Meter

Your natural gas meter measures the amount of natural gas you use during a particular billing cycle. The dials on your meter register the volume of gas that passes through, which helps us calculate your bill. Readings are expressed in 100s of cubic feet. Most residential gas meters have six dials on the front panel. The two dials without numbers are for meter and appliance testing purposes. The four dials numbered 0 through 9 are used for meter readings. When you read your meter, face the meter and record the numbers for each dial from right to left using these guidelines:

 Always read the numbers in the direction the arrow on the dial is pointing. When a dial pointer is between two numbers, always record the smaller number. If a pointer is directly on a number, check the dial immediately to the right. The pointer on the right dial must have reached or passed zero for you to record the number on the left dial. If the pointer on the right dial has not passed zero, you need to write in the smaller number from the left dial.

Following these guidelines, the correct reading for the meter dials shown is 1994 cubic feet: