How to Read a PECO Energy Meter

PECO provides energy to more than 2 million customers.

If you are a Philadelphia area utility customer receiving your electricity and gas from PECO, you have a meter installed by the company at your location. This meter allows PECO to track energy use and determine a monthly bill. Understanding how to properly read this energy meter allows you to monitor your energy consumption and to ensure that no errors have been made on your monthly bill.

Things You'll Need

• Last energy bill

Instructions

1. Determine if your meter is a electric meter or a gas meter. Electric meters will have five dials in a horizontal row. Gas meters will have six dials, two on top and four on bottom. You can ignore the two dials on the top row of the gas meter, used for testing.

2. Read all of the dials from left to right. Each individual dial represents one digit in the total number.

3. Use the lower number if the dial is between two numbers. When the hand is directly on a number, use that number. The total number reads from left to right. Electric meters will result in five digit numbers, while gas meters will result in four digit numbers.

Tips & Warnings

• Subtract the last meter reading on your previous bill from the current number and you will have your previous month's energy consumption.

• Should you have a dispute in your energy bill, write down the meter reading for reference when speaking to a PECO representative. PECO's customer service information will be located on your bill or on the energy meter itself.

References

• PECO: Learn to Read Your Meter