I don’t think so... I was talking to a person that works for the Southern Company that owns Mississippi Power and I see their sub contracters on occassion... and some months they don’t read my meter... and I have to get my bill checked when it exactly the same as last month. This was started before obama came into office.
LLS
They came around and offered to put a radio transmitter on our water meter for free. The meter reader still drives his/her route but doesn’t have to drive in the driveway. They just read it from the street. That’s one less person who has an excuse to be on our property. I told them to go for it.