Pakistan Electricity Bill Calculator (NEPRA Tariffs & Taxes)

About the Pakistan Electricity Bill Calculator (NEPRA Tariffs & Taxes)

A Pakistani home electricity bill starts from the units on the meter and the residential tariff A-1 that the Federal Government notifies for every distribution company — LESCO, IESCO, MEPCO and the others, and K-Electric too, all on the same uniform rates. This calculator puts your units through those slabs the way the tariff does: an unprotected home pays every unit at the rate of the slab its month falls in, while a protected home (200 units or fewer every month for six months) pays its first 100 units at the lower rate.

It then adds the fixed charge from 301 units, the fuel price adjustment (FPA) and quarterly adjustment (QTA) printed on your bill, 18% sales tax, any electricity duty, and the section 235 income tax of 7.5% on a bill of Rs 25,000 or more when you are not on FBR’s Active Taxpayers’ List. Every rate is in an editable table, so the calculator stays right when NEPRA revises the tariff. Nothing you type leaves your browser.

Without a pass, the free preview shows the estimated bill in full, with the first rows of the bill line by line; a Pro pass unlocks every figure, the taxes, the cost a unit, the summary to copy and the CSV.

Common uses

• Check whether your DISCO’s bill adds up before you pay it.
• See what a heatwave month of air conditioning will cost before the bill arrives.
• Find out how close you are to losing protected status, and what 201 units cost against 200.
• Compare single-phase and time-of-use billing, or work out the income tax a non-filer pays on a big bill.

The residential slab rates

The rates are the Government of Pakistan applicable variable charges of tariff A-1, in rupees a unit (kWh). Protected: up to 100 units Rs 10.54, 101–200 units Rs 13.01. Unprotected: up to 100 units Rs 22.44, 101–200 units Rs 28.91, 201–300 units Rs 33.10, 301–400 units Rs 37.99, 401–500 units Rs 40.20, 501–600 units Rs 41.62, 601–700 units Rs 42.76, above 700 units Rs 47.69, with a fixed charge a month of Rs 200 (301–400 units), Rs 400 (401–500 units), Rs 600 (501–600 units), Rs 800 (601–700 units), Rs 1,000 (above 700 units). Lifeline: up to 50 units Rs 3.95, 51–100 units Rs 7.74. A connection with a sanctioned load of 5 kW or more is on the time-of-use tariff: Rs 46.85 a peak unit and Rs 40.53 an off-peak unit, with a fixed charge of Rs 1,000 a month.

Where no fixed charge applies there is a minimum monthly charge of Rs 75 for a single-phase and Rs 150 for a three-phase connection, even with no units used. The Power Division’s notification sets these rates for each government distribution company, and NEPRA’s decision on the uniform tariff applies the same rates to K-Electric’s consumers.

Protected, unprotected and lifeline homes

Under the terms and conditions of the tariff, a protected consumer is a residential consumer (not on time of use) who has used 200 units or fewer every month for the past six months; every other residential consumer is unprotected. A lifeline consumer has a single-phase connection with a sanctioned load up to 1 kW and has used 100 units or fewer in each of the last twelve months and this one.

So one month above 200 units moves a protected home to the unprotected rates, and it stays there until it has six months in a row at 200 units or fewer.

How the slabs are applied

Only protected consumers get the benefit of one previous slab: at 150 units, the first 100 are charged at the 1–100 rate and the other 50 at the 101–200 rate. Unprotected consumers do not, so every unit of the month is charged at the rate of the slab the total falls in — which is why 201 units cost so much more than 200. Lifeline consumers get no slab benefit either: 60 units are all charged at the 51–100 rate.

The fuel price and quarterly adjustments

NEPRA works out the fuel charges adjustment every month by comparing the actual fuel cost with the reference in the tariff, and it is shown on its own line on a later month’s bill, charged on the units of the month it relates to. It can be negative. It is not charged to lifeline or protected consumers, EV charging stations or pre-paid consumers (a monthly FCA decision). The quarterly tariff adjustment is decided every three months. Enter both rates from your bill.

Taxes on the bill

Sales tax is charged at the standard rate of 18% under section 3 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 on the electricity charges. Section 235 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 adds advance income tax of 7.5% to a domestic bill of Rs 25,000 or more, the bill counted with its sales tax and other charges, unless the consumer is on FBR’s Active Taxpayers’ List; below Rs 25,000 the rate is zero. Electricity duty is a provincial levy: if your bill has an E.D. line, enter its rate.

Paying late

The tariff’s terms let the company add a late payment surcharge of 5% for the three days after the due date and 10% after that, on the amount billed excluding government taxes and duties. If the bill reaches you less than seven days before the due date, the surcharge starts seven days after you receive it.

Limitations

• Residential tariff A-1 only: commercial, industrial, agricultural, temporary and pre-paid connections are not covered, nor net metering.
• The FPA, QTA, electricity duty and any other surcharge are figures you enter from your bill or NEPRA’s decisions.
• Arrears, deferred amounts, instalments and court-ordered adjustments are not included.
• Where a reading period runs longer than the calendar month, the company prorates the units to the month’s days to choose the slab; the calculator takes the units as one month.
• Each line is rounded to whole rupees; your company’s bill may differ by a rupee or two.
• An estimate — your distribution company’s bill decides what you owe.

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