---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 367.9020"
title: "18"
number: "367.9020"
heading: "Account 902, Meter reading expenses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/367.9020"
---

# §367.9020. Account 902, Meter reading expenses.

- (a) This account must include the cost of labor, materials used and expenses incurred in reading customer meters, and determining consumption when performed by employees engaged in reading meters.
- (b) This account must include the following labor items:
  - (1) **Addressing forms for obtaining meter readings by mail.**
  - (2) **Changing and collecting meter charts used for billing purposes.**
  - (3) Inspecting time clocks, checking seals, and other similar items, when performed by meter readers and the work represents a minor activity incidental to regular meter reading routine.
  - (4) **Reading meters, including demand meters, and obtaining load information for billing purposes.** Exclude and charge to account 586, Meter expenses ([§ 367.5000](/cfr/18/367.5000.md)), account 878, Meter and house regulator expenses ([§ 367.8000](/cfr/18/367.8000.md)), or to account 903, Customer records and collection expenses ([§ 367.9030](/cfr/18/367.9030.md)), as applicable, the cost of obtaining meter readings, first and final, if incidental to the operation of removing or resetting, sealing, or locking, and disconnecting or reconnecting meters.
  - (5) Computing consumption from meter reader's book or from reports by mail when done by employees engaged in reading meters.
  - (6) **Collecting from prepayment meters when incidental to meter reading.**
  - (7) **Maintaining record of customers” keys.**
  - (8) **Computing estimated or average consumption when performed by employees engaged in reading meters.**
- (c) This account must include the following materials and expenses items:
  - (1) **Badges, lamps, and uniforms.**
  - (2) Demand charts, meter books and binders and forms for recording readings, but not the cost of preparation.
  - (3) **Postage and supplies used in obtaining meter readings by mail.**
  - (4) **Transportation, meals, and incidental expenses.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq., and 42 U.S.C. 16451-16463.

### Source

Source: Order 684, 71 FR 65226, Nov. 7, 2006, unless otherwise noted.