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Gas Meter Read

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Why Read Your Gas Meter

Your meter reads are important to us in many different ways:

  • It allows for us to pinpoint areas of gas loss on the low pressure pipelines due to line cuts, rodent chews and failed meters.
  • It helps us monitor areas of for gas volume, used for future development.
  • It is used for assisting us in gas system balancing.
  • It allows for Accurate billing, avoiding unexpected high bills through estimating.
  • It eliminates the need to reallocate valuable gas utility resources to read residential meters.
  • The gas utility pays for all gas as it enters the pipelines. If that gas never reaches an end customer due to a leak or failure, this money must be recovered in the gas rate to meet our budget.

Reading your meters at the end of each month can save you money.

In return for your cooperation, you will continue to receive excellent gas rates, service charge and rebates.

The County of Vermilion River Natural Gas Utility has installed a System Control And Data Analysis (SCADA) monitoring system on our high pressure pipelines.
Since the start of the installation, SCADA has detected and alarmed us of gas loss problem due to line cuts, lightning strikes and pipeline failures. Low volume and low pressure alarms have detected pipeline and station problems in the winter, enabling our utility to resolve problems before they become critical to our customers.
To utilize the SCADA systems as efficiently as possible, we rely on your meter reads to pinpoint areas of gas loss on low pressure pipelines.
Causes of gas loss on low pressure lines can the result of:


·         Rodent chews
·         Pipeline failure
·         Failed meters
·         fencing
·         Construction by contractor of homeowner


 
With the cooperation of all customers, reading your meters can save you money. 
Our Gas Utility pays for all gas entering our pipelines. When this gas never reaches an end customer, it is considered lost and the money must be recovered i8n the gas rate to meet set budgets.
20 – 25% of our customers do not read their meters monthly, making it virtually impossible for us to quickly identify the location of a leak.
The County of Vermilion River owns and operates one the largest rural natural gas systems with approximately 4300 km of pipe. We also supply and transport more gas than any other Rural Utility in the Province of Alberta. By not sending in your meter reads, the time and manpower to isolate and resolve problems costs you money.
In return for your cooperation, you will continue to receive excellent gas rates, service charge and possibly rebates.