Hydro meter   Bill said it was at 35 (36?) when he arrived. From the Hydro One web site: How to read your digital meter Reading a digital meter is easy. Simply read the meter like you would an odometer on a car — read the numbers from left to right. One kilowatt hour — what that means One kilowatt hour (kWh) is 1,000 watts of electricity used in one hour. That's equivalent to the power required to light a 100-watt light bulb for 10 hours, or to operate a standard 5,000 watt electric clothes dryer for approximately 12 minutes.