Humorous on face value, but that's not what utility companies do. In every utility district I ever lived (and it's a lot), if the meter readers were "unable" to read your meter, the consumption was estimated.
I had many conflicts about this because I traveled a lot for work and knew that there was no possible way I could have consumed as much electricity as they estimated. It turned it that meter readers could just claim the meter was inaccessible, and their job was considered completed.
mine was switched to wireless 8 years ago approx, i think they still need to drive around, but how many houses they can cover in a day must have increased by orders of magnitude
Humorous on face value, but that's not what utility companies do. In every utility district I ever lived (and it's a lot), if the meter readers were "unable" to read your meter, the consumption was estimated.
I had many conflicts about this because I traveled a lot for work and knew that there was no possible way I could have consumed as much electricity as they estimated. It turned it that meter readers could just claim the meter was inaccessible, and their job was considered completed.
I think most meters have wireless connectivity now, too. I've never once had someone physically check my meter.
mine was switched to wireless 8 years ago approx, i think they still need to drive around, but how many houses they can cover in a day must have increased by orders of magnitude