Electrical meters are supplied by the utility company. While the National Electric Code (NEC) has not specified a minimum, ideal and maximum height for electrical meter boxes, the utility company does.
The Current U.S. (Fed) Prime Rate is: 4.00%. March 15, 2017: The FOMC has voted to raise the. target range for the fed funds rate to 0.75% - 1.00%. Therefore, the United States Prime Rate is now 4.00%, effective tomorrow (March 16, 2017.) The next FOMC meeting and decision on short-term rates. will be on May 3RD, 2017.
Definition: The prime interest rate is what U.S. banks charge their best customers. It's usually the best loan rate available to non-banks. It's also called the prime lending rate, the prime rate, or even just prime. Banks base the prime rate on the federal funds rate. That's the rate banks charge each other for special overnight loans. They borrow fed funds from each other to fulfill the Federal reserve requirement each night. For example, o December 15, 2016 the Federal Open Market Committee raised this rate to 0.75 percent.