our gas meter has wireless data transmission. seems in december the meter stopped working. we have fixed/budget plan. called gas co about very low bill in jan/feb and they said meter would be replaced and bill would be estimated. tech came out a few weeks ago and said our meter needed special hookup so they rescheduled it. still waiting. so i just realized, i could have turned the heat up to 80F and only paid for our average use. house temp is kept low but it is comfortable. not a big deal but i could have gotten extra gas for no charge.