A couple of years ago our local electric utility converted all of their meters to a remote read type of meter where they could electronically "ping" the customer's meter and get the reading without coming on site. The problem I am having is that when they did this they changed the style of meter seal to a long "thumb-screw"type of seal that will not allow the cover that encloses the tenants main breakers to clear the seals, so I have to call the utility and wait for one of their employees to come and change the seal back to the small "wire and dogtag" type the the meterbases were designed to work with originally. This condition occurs on meter paks where there is a "stack" of 2 or three meters on one or both sides of the pack (older style Crouse-Hinds, Challenger, etc) and the main breaker is located below the meter (all of the utility's equipment is still enclosed when the cover comes off. I want to file an informal complaint with the Regulatory Commision and am looking for a code reference that explains why the utility cannot restrict access to the customers equipment----they don't want to change the seals untill there is a service call that requires it, so I either have to make a second trip to the site or not get paid to wait for them to show up (could be 20-30 below in the middle of the night) or bill the customer to have me sit and wait for them---this does not involve pulling the meter, I thought it might be a UL issue also because the seal on the meter was not designed for use with this style meter pak-----thanks, Kelly