Your meter measures how much electricity you use in kilowatt-hours during a given period of time and is the basis for how your electric bill is calculated each month. Your electric bill contains a 13-month graph of electricity consumption, as well as a record of electricity used during the same month of the previous year.
- Your meter number can be found on the face of the meter. It begins with "99" and is eight digits long. (Example: 99 000 000)
- Testing your meter
- Meter tampering
Members have access to detailed data about their energy use in real-time. This helps you identify ways to use less electricity and reduce your monthly bills. Learn more about your mySamHouston online account access.
You also have the option to sign up for myPrePay. There’s no difference in the service you’ll receive—just in how and when you pay for it. When you sign up, you pay as often and as much as you’d like. Learn more.
Sam Houston Electric Cooperative’s current metering system was successfully implemented in 2015. The meters work similarly to the previous meters on members’ homes and businesses. For many years, meters transmitted readings to a computer in a vehicle as it drove by each month. The new meters instead send those readings directly to the Cooperative via encrypted radio communication.