Metered Electric, Gas and Water Support
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There are 4 things that need to be done for properly supporting metered electric, gas or water. Here's a brief checklist -- there is a more detailed walk-through section in the Maintenance chapter, under Park Setup Functions.

1.Enable the appropriate fields in the Data Field Definitions for Sites (or disable them if no metered support is needed). There are 3 fields associated with each type of meter (electric, water, and gas), so enable the 3 fields for each type of meters you want to support -- a Meter Reading field, a Reading Date field, and a Reading Reservation field.  
2.Set the meter wrap-around numbers, depending on the number of digits each type of meter has, in Park Setup / Parks.  
3.Enter the current (or last) meter reading for each site that has a meter, through Park Setup / Sites.  
4.Define one or more Electric/Gas/Water Meter Rates for the meter charges (Park Setup / Rates). That section has step-by-step Rates Examples to step you though creating the meter rates.  
   
Once the setup is done, whenever you select the electric meter rate for charging a customer (through Reservation Transactions / Select Rates), a simple dialog will appear to enter the new meter reading. The Site record will be automatically updated with the new reading, date, and reservation, and the appropriate charge will be added to the reservation.

You can also use the Meter Reading Reports under the Reports menu to enter multiple readings at a time, add the charges and print receipts for all of them with just a couple mouse clicks. Be sure to refer to that section of the documentation for details.

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