Pat, currently here in town, our water meter is read electronically, but the electric company still has a young fellow walking and reading the electric meters in this neighborhood.

Down in the country, we read our own electric meters. When you got your bill, the part you mailed back in had the blank spaces for you to enter the new reading and the date you read it. They told me they were supposed to have someone go around and verify the readings twice a year, but in reality didn't quite make all of them even once a year. [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]