# Meter Reading

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- **citation:** 4 CCR 723-4 Rule 4309
- **title:** Meter Reading
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Colorado Public Utilities Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** (a) Upon a customer's request, a utility shall provide written documentation showing the date of the most recent reading of the customer's meter and the total usage expressed in cubic feet or other unit of service recorded. On request, a utility supplying metered service shall explain to a customer 
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(a) Upon a customer's request, a utility shall provide written documentation showing
the date of the most recent reading of the customer’s meter and the total usage
expressed in cubic feet or other unit of service recorded. On request, a utility
supplying metered service shall explain to a customer in a clear non-technical
statement its method of reading the customer’s meter.
(b) A utility shall include in its tariff a clear statement describing when meters will be
read by the utility and the circumstances, if any, under which the customer must
read the meter and submit the data to the utility. This statement shall specify in
detail the procedure that the customer must follow and shall specify all special
conditions that apply to each class of service.

(c) Absent good cause, a utility shall read a meter monthly. For good cause shown,
a utility shall read a meter at least once every six months.
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