How to Read Your Commercial Electric Meter Your business has either a Time-of-Use (TOU) meter or a Demand Only meter. Please refer to your bill to determine which rate schedule your business is billed on or call Customer Service at 209-883-8222.
Time-of-Use
The meter scrolls through the following displays every five to six seconds.
Display Test The screen will display all 888888’s to check that all the fields of the LCD are working properly.
8 8 8
PREV SEAS RATE ABCD CONT CUM RESETS MAX TOTAL KWARh
88.8.8.8.8 A B C
Reading -
Your current total kilowatt-hour reading.
A B C
TOTAL KW h
Tier A Consumption Your total kilowatthour reading for energy consumed under Tier A for the billing period.
Demand -
647
2 RATE
A
A B C
KW h
Tier C Consumption Your total kilowatthour reading for energy consumed under Tier C for the billing period.
847
1
218
3 RATE
C
A B C
KW h
8.6
4
Demand is the maximum amount MAX of energy used in KW any fifteen minute interval within the billing period.
Registration Info -
5
A B C
2r0366
This is for TID use only. There will be a number followed by a lower case “r” as well as four other digits.
A B C
Demand Only
The meter scrolls through the following displays every five to six seconds.
Display Test The screen will display all 888888’s to check that all the fields of the LCD are working properly.
8 8 8
PREV SEAS RATE ABCD CONT CUM RESETS MAX TOTAL KWARh
88.8.8.8.8 A B C
Reading -
Your current total kilowatt-hour reading.
Demand -
Demand is the maximum amount of energy used in any fifteen minute interval within the billing period.
Registration Info -
847
1
A B C
TOTAL KW h
8.6
4
A B C
MAX KW
5
2r0366
This is for TID use only. There will be a number followed by a lower case “r” as well as four other digits.
A B C
For more information regarding reading your meter, please contact Customer Service at 209-883-8222.