The Sterling
Municipal Light Department meter reading and billing schedule is very
difficult to create. It is based
upon billing half of the town one cycle at a time. We refer to
the cycles as 1-5 and 6-99. If you would like to know which cycle
you fall in, please contact the SMLD Customer Service Department at
978-422-8267.
The
schedule is manually calculated because of how dynamic the conditions
that apply to it are (i.e. the number of meter reads that have to be
collected, holidays, manpower, juggling two routes in one month (both
routes have billing days and discount days and they can never happen on
the same day), the same number of discount days and days between reads
need to be considered for both cycles, etc., etc.
After all of that, it is difficult to make a “perfect” schedule for
all involved. We do our
best. Here are the results:
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| Month |
Cycle(s) |
Bill
Date |
Discount
Date |
| January |
1-5 |
1/13/2006 |
1/30/2006 |
| January |
6-99 |
1/31/2006 |
2/15/2006 |
| February |
1-5 |
2/13/2006 |
2/28/2006 |
| February |
6-99 |
2/28/2006 |
3/15/2006 |
| March |
1-5 |
3/14/2006 |
3/29/2006 |
| March |
6-99 |
3/30/2006 |
3/14/2006 |
| April |
1-5 |
4/13/2006 |
4/28/2006 |
| April |
6-99 |
4/28/2006 |
5/15/2006 |
| May |
1-5 |
5/12/2006 |
5/26/2006 |
| May |
6-99 |
5/26/2006 |
6/12/2006 |
| June |
1-5 |
6/14/2006 |
6/29/2006 |
| June |
6-99 |
6/28/2006 |
7/13/2006 |
| July |
1-5 |
7/14/2006 |
7/31/2006 |
| July |
6-99 |
7/28/2006 |
8/14/2006 |
| August |
1-5 |
8/15/2006 |
8/30/2006 |
| August |
6-99 |
8/31/2006 |
9/15/2006 |
| September |
1-5 |
9/14/2006 |
9/29/2006 |
| September |
6-99 |
9/28/2006 |
10/13/2006 |
| October |
1-5 |
10/16/2006 |
10/31/2006 |
| October |
6-99 |
10/30/2006 |
11/15/2006 |
| November |
1-5 |
11/14/2006 |
11/29/2006 |
| November |
6-99 |
11/30/2006 |
12/15/2006 |
| December |
1-5 |
12/13/2006 |
12/28/2006 |
| December |
6-99 |
12/27/2006 |
TBD |
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