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My meter is running as an Economy 7 meter (I pay two electricity rates)...

How to read an Economy 7 electricity smart meter with two grey buttons

About your smart meter reading

Normally, a smart meter sends us your readings automatically. So please only give us a reading if we've asked you to do this.

If we've asked you for a reading, please take it from the meter itself – not your in-home display. Your meter is usually on a wall or board; your in-home display either plugs into a socket or runs on batteries.

It looks like you have a Honeywell Elster AS302P (SMETS2) smart meter. Follow these steps to read the two rates on your electricity meter:

  1. Press the bottom grey button to wake up the screen
  2. Press the top button once to see an arrow next to 'Supply'
  3. Press the bottom button three more times to scroll the arrow down to 'Registers'
  4. Press the top button once to see an arrow next to 'Cumulative'
  5. Press the bottom button twice to move the arrow down to 'Rates 1-48'
  6. Press the top button to see 'Cum. Imp. R01'
  7. Write down the numbers in front of ‘kWh’ – this is your Rate 1 reading
  8. Press the bottom button to see 'Cum. Imp. R02'
  9. Write down the numbers in front of ‘kWh’ – this is your Rate 1 reading
Tips to read your meter

Read the numbers from left to right; ignore any zeroes at the beginning and any numbers after the decimal point.

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