Jake D wrote:
Transco recently came to my house offering to rip out my old (circa
1980) meter and replace it with a modern one - free of charge. They
said they were doing this for all households with old-style meters. I
was unable to take them up on the offer at the time, since I had 'work
in progress' in the room concerned. But it gave me time to wonder why
they were wanting to change the meter. Obviously it's going to cost
them something. I wonder what they stand to gain from this
considerable expense. I wonder if I'm better off letting them change
my meter, or better off keeping the old one!


It's cheaper for them to have a team change many meters in the same
area than to have to keep coming back to individual meters with the
complication of missed appointments, etc.

MBQ