METER READINGS

Utilities billing is the main problem businesses have with their electricity and gas supplies. Business premises can often be difficult for a supplier to gain access to a meter, and so readings are often an estimate of the meter. This leads to inaccurate readings and billing mistakes. It is important for a meter to be read accurately in order to ensure that bills are correct for the level of electricity consumption.

Nationwide understand the importance of energy management and know that this can be achieved through accurate meter readings. Utilities suppliers need to have access to a meter in order to take readings and bill clients for the correct amount. Businesses need to provide suppliers with accurate meter readings in order to be billed correctly. Businesses need to recognise inaccurate readings or incorrect bills, otherwise this can lead to spiralling costs. Recent meter readings enable suppliers to bill clients accurately using the correct meter readings. Old meter readings are unreliable for accounting purposes and therefore it is important to have accurate readings from an electricity meter.