On 6/19/2010 12:04, TheHack wrote:

My place was built in 1912. The gas meter was in the crawspace.
I asked the gas company to move it , and they wanted $300.
A couple years go by and the gas company replaces the main line on the
street and lines to the houses. They moved the meter for free, sweet

Sometimes you can luck out when it's convenient for the utility to make
a mutually beneficial infrastructure upgrade.

My neighbor had the electric meter in her kitchen , right beside the
disconnect switch and fuse box. The next guy who bought the place was
required to upgrade the electric service to 100 amp, so the meter got moved
along with a new panel box.

This sounds like a standard arrangement for houses without basements
using K&T wiring. Service upgrades calling for a new meter often have
it placed outside for purposes of reading (made obsolete by smart
meters) and emergency service disconnect.