Electricity is measured in kilowatt-hours (kwh). A kwh is 1,000 watt hours. For example, one kwh is the amount of electricity used to light a 100-watt lightbulb for 10 hours.

Take a look at TNMP's 2006 meter reading schedule.

Reading your electric meter is easy. You can read your meter to check your electric use in kwh and monitor your energy saving efforts.

Your meter has either four or five numbered dials which record your electric use. The numbers on each dial alternate between clockwise and counterclockwise.

To get the most precise reading, start with the dial on the right. Record the number the hand has just passed and not the number it is approaching. Below is an example.

In the example, begin with the right dial. The hand is directly on the 2, so you would record the 2. The next dial to the left has the hand between the 9 and 0, so you would record the 9. Continue reading the remaining three dials this way.

Once you have recorded all the numbers, you then read them from left to right. In our example, you would have 27592. This is your current meter reading. To determine the amount of electricity you used since the last time you recorded your meter reading, you would subtract your previous meter reading from the current reading. If your last reading was 26427, then the amount of kwh used is 1,165 kwh.

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