May 9th 2011, 2:55:16
it all depends on the recipient . my parents get a card and post it to the power company after going and reading their own meter . my neighbour has a electronic meter which sends the reading to the company itself . and my meter is the old style and every couple of months a lady drives up , gets out , and copies the reading onto a handheld thingy which she obviously uploads to her bosses .