LP&L Launches Web Video on

How to Read Your Electric and Water Meter

 (Lubbock, TX) – Never question another electric or water bill again.  Lubbock Power and Light (LP&L) is making you the expert when it comes to reading your LP&L electric meter and City of Lubbock water meter.

LP&L has placed educational videos on their Web site at www.lpandl.com explaining how to read your LP&L electric meter and City of Lubbock water meter.  In the video, Tracy Rollins, the meter reading supervisor for LP&L, demonstrates how to read both meters in only five minutes. 

LP&L Public Information Officer Chris Sims hopes the videos will teach LP&L customers two things.

“We want customers to learn how to read their meter to verify their usage when they have a question before they have to take their time to call or visit LP&L,” Sims said.  “We also want to remind customers about reading meters safely.”

  Sims said customers can read the electric meter without touching the meter or any of the lines surrounding it.  Customers can also read the water meter without having to place their hands in the water meter box. 

  “There could be some lively and dangerous critters like spiders in water meter boxes, and of course there are always dangers around electricity,” Sims said.

  Sims hopes as LP&L customers learn how to read their meters, they will want to try new approaches to conservation.  To conserve and save money, Sims suggests using programmable thermostats, fluorescent or LED light bulbs and consistently checking your air conditioning filter monthly and changing them quarterly.  For additional tips, visit www.lpandl.com.