When they state that the meter reading that you provided is "correct" I don't think that they mean totally accurate, they mean plausible. If they can accurately determine  the reading, why ask you to read it ?

This is done by calculating the consumption based upon the customer provided reading, and then ensuring that this calculated consumption is reasonably similar to the previously measured consumption. For example if you normally use use 1,000 units a month, they would accept any reading that gave a consumption of between 800 units and 1250 units.

Thank you, folks for your thoughts. The thing about, "correct" is that the checkbox is to certify that what has been entered is correct.

looking more closely that screen shot looks like your web browser is attempting to auto complete with numbers it already has cached from the last time you entered a number in a form that looked a bit like that, rather like it 'remembers' and suggests your name after you start typing the first few letters - because usually when you start with those few letters, the rest of your name or whatever  is what you type next.

If that is the case I hope that neither of these proposed readings match a phone, credit card  or bank PIN or anything like that the webbrowser has recently seen typed in somewhere else ?

Mike

looking more closely that screen shot looks like your web browser is attempting to auto complete with numbers it already has cached from the last time you entered a number in a form that looked a bit like that, rather like it 'remembers' and suggests your name after you start typing the first few letters - because usually when you start with those few letters, the rest of your name or whatever  is what you type next.

If that is the case I hope that neither of these proposed readings match a phone, credit card  or bank PIN or anything like that the webbrowser has recently seen typed in somewhere else ?

Mike