Instructions for
REPORTING YOUR OWN METER READING
 (Word version)

CWLP residential customers who wish to read your own meter(s) and report the readings to the CWLP Customer Service Office may use this form to do so. To use this form, your computer should be equipped with Microsoft Word. CWLP does NOT recommend attempting to complete and submit this form electronically using any other word processing software.

How To Use This Form

  1. Read your meter(s) following the instructions contained in How To Read Your Meter. (To open this document, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download for free by clicking on the icon at the end of this page.)
  2. Click on the "Open the Customer Meter Reading form" link at the end of this page and complete the form by clicking your cursor inside each gray box and typing. All fields preceded by an asterisk (*) must be completed in order for your meter reading to be processed.
  3. Save the completed application to your hard drive (please do NOT change the name of the file when you save it).
  4. Submit your application in person or by mail, FAX or email:

    1. To submit it in person or by mail or FAX, print out your saved file and either bring or mail it to CWLP Customer Service Office, Room 101, Springfield, IL 62757; or FAX it to (217) 789-2026.
    2. To file it electronically, click here to open an email message box and then attach your saved file. Your computer should be equipped with Microsoft Word in order to submit the form electronically.

Please be sure to return the completed form as soon as possible after you read the meter(s).

Call (217) 789-2030 if you have any questions about how to read your meter. Call 789-2116, ext. 527, if you have any questions about how to complete the form.

Open Customer Meter Reading form (Word version) 

For a PDF version of this application, click here. To complete and submit the PDF version online, your computer must be equipped with Adobe Acrobat 5.0 (or a later version) or Adobe Acrobat Approvals 5.0. You can open, fill in and print out the PDF version using Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download for free by clicking on the icon below. However, you will not be able to submit the form electronically.

 

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Last Updated:  05/01/08

 

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