Estimated meter reading resulted in numerous, inaccurate utility bills in parts of New York. But reading your own meter can help. Carl Popp, of Poughkeepsie, learned to read his own meter after he was ...

Thousands of customers who opted out of LIPA’s smart-meter program, and thousands more who couldn’t be reached, have begun seeing new opt-out charges on bills that now come monthly, despite a ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. has begun phasing in a pilot program aimed at reading the meters of thousands of customers every month, the utility said Thursday. Central Hudson ...

While using a digital multimeter to diagnose electrical problems on customers’ equipment, I frequently hear the comment, “I’ve got one of those multimeter things, but I never learned how to use it.” ...