Taking an export meter reading

Where to find the export reading on your smart meter, for your export supplier or a final reading when you move.

Your export supplier may ask for an export reading when your tariff starts, or when you move house. Your smart meter records it, but the in-home display usually doesn't show it: you read it on the meter itself.

Find your meter's make

The make is printed on the front of the meter, usually near the top. Then follow the steps for it below. If yours isn't here, your energy supplier's website or your meter's guide will show the buttons to press.

Common smart meters

Landis+Gyr E470

Hold the A button for 3 to 5 seconds.
Press A again until the screen shows Total Act Export.

EDMI ES-10B

Press the right or OK button.
Use the left or down button until you reach the active export register.

Honeywell or Elster AS302P

Press Select until the screen shows Cum. Exp.
Note the whole number only.

Itron EM425 (older SMETS1)

Press the orange button.
Choose Total Registers, then Exp. Act.

Older keypad meters (some SMETS1)

Press 6 or 9 until you see EXP kWh.

Good to know

Give whole numbers only, ignoring anything after a decimal point.
Export readings only go up, and only by what you've sent to the grid. On short winter days they may hardly move.
If your meter has stopped sending readings to your supplier, contact your electricity supplier: they look after the meter, not us.