Reading Your Meter

Citizens Gas Utility District encourages all of our customers to read their gas meters regularly. Your gas meter measures the amount of cubic feet of natural gas you use in a given month. The meter measures the gas by counting the filling and emptying of the compartments inside the meter. Though meters vary in size and shape, they all record gas use in the same basic way. Well-maintained gas meters have proved to be over 99 percent accurate.

Most residential gas meters operate like the odometer on your car. Read the numbers left to right. The gas meter shown on the right, for example, reads 8036.

Subtract the previous reading from the current reading to find out how many cubic feet you are using.