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Some interesting facts about meter reading
- Meter readers can read a meter up to 40 feet away with the naked eye. They can read up to 160 feet away with a monocular.
- For every 100 houses, meter readers encounter more than 60 dogs.
- There are over 1,100 meter reading routes covering the Sacramento area.
- SMUD meter readers input more than 500,000 meter reads per month.
- On the average, a SMUD meter reader reads almost 500 meters per day.
- On the average, SMUD meter readers only make one error in every 3,000 reads. Errors are caught and corrected on the next read cycle.
- SMUD meter readers encounter various methods of power theft each month. Unsafe conditions are a danger to all SMUD customers and workers.
Please call our hotline at 1.916.732.6594 to report power theft.
Links to more information:
- New 'drive-by' meters
- Understand your electric meter
- Calculate your energy use
- Understand your bill
- Manage use