Thanks, that does seem to work, but I don't understand how it's setting the scale level. It's too far out for what I'm wanting, but it does locate the feature.
I think I'll just keep doing it how I always have since I can easily get the scale level I want using expand:
servicePoint_QT.execute(meterNumber_Q).then(zoomToServicePoint);
function zoomToServicePoint(results) {
var geometry = results.features[0].geometry;
var buffer = geometryEngine.buffer(geometry, 10, 'feet');
view.extent = buffer.extent.expand(3);
}