Experience with private electric meter

[Dan Brainard]

I have a SFH with a converted 2 br cottage unit in the back yard. I've tried to have an additional electric meter installed but power company won't install one unless I have a second address (911 address) assigned to it, which the city won't let me do. I'm thinking of just installing a private meter and prorating the electric bill but I'm not keen on dropping by each month to read it.

Anyone have experience with a similar situation or have any recommendations for meters?  I'm seeing that there are some that can be monitored remotely now.