Meter Reading & Cycle Billing

Meter Reading

South Central Indiana REMC utilizes an automated meter reading (AMR) system that uses wireless radio transmitters to remotely read customer meters and then transfer the data to our office. The benefits to our members include:

• Lower meter reading costs
• Enhanced customer convenience
• A reduction in operational costs
• Call resolution improvement; billing questions will be handled more effectively due to the availability of daily meter readings
• Reduction in the duration of power outages

Automated systems can easily take readings daily or even hourly on request. This improves long-term and short-term planning, allows engineering to manage fluctuating usage more easily, and provides faster response to member's inquiries from our customer service representatives.

Cycle Billing

South Central Indiana REMC utilizes a system of cycle billing for meter reading. This simply means that instead of reading all meters at the beginning of the month and sending out bills in the middle of the month, meters are read throughout the entire month, and bills are issued at four different times during the month.

There are four cycle areas covered by SCI REMC with separate billing schedules.

Cycle 1
An area north and east of Martinsville
Due Date: 28th

Cycle 2
An area south and southeast of Martinsville
Due Date: 5th

Cycle 3
An area southwest of Martinsville
Due date: 12th

Cycle 4
An area northwest of Martinsville
Due Date: 19th