HOW TO READ ELECTRICITY BILL IN PAKISTAN

We get our electricity bill monthly but most of the people have no idea of what they are being charged for. What is slab system, what effects slab system has on our electricity bill, what are fixed charges, demand charges, how electricity is being billed. So, i will try to make you understand how k-electric charges you for electricity you consume.

Given below is a sampled k-electric bill

We will break this bill into various sections:


1) Tariff: Fixed charges, demand charges 
2) Electricity Consumption
3) Cost of electricity
4) slab system
5) sanctioned load
6) Government and bank charges

TARIFF:

Your tariff is the amount charged for providing electricity by the utility. It includes both fixed and variable charges.
FIXED CHARGES
They are not based on how much energy you use. They will be separately identified on your bill, and is often called the ‘daily supply charge’ or ‘service to property’ charge. These charges are for the poles, meters ,wires etc used by the utility to provide you electricity
VARIABLE CHARGES:
They are Also called as ‘consumption charge’ is the amount you pay for each unit of electricity  you use. It is listed on your bill as Rs per kilowatt hour (Rs/kWh) for electricity 
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 






















Electricity consumption is measured in terms of the number of units of electricity that your household has expended in a billing period which is usually one month. It is measured in kilo watt hours.Your electricity meter outside your house provides a reading for the number of units consumed at any given point in time.

 k electric sends a meter readers to note down the number of units consumed by a particular consumers. Meter reader would used to come on specified date which was mentioned on k electric bill. Now k electric has installed new energy meters(smart meters) in some areas. So these meters won't need any manual intervention to read number of units consumed by a consumer

The  highlighted text indicates the due date ( before which we have to pay electricity bill else we will have to pay extra amount), issue date( date on which bill was issued), meter reading date.




















 Below image shows the billing record of previous months

To calculate the monthly unit consumption of a household, a meter reader subtracts the current month’s reading with the previous month’s reading. The current month and previous month’s units are present in all the k electric bills supplied. These are highlighted in the image below. In the sample k electric bill below, the total units consumed  are 84 (18,312 – 18,228).













COST OF ELECTRICITY:

Cost of electricity is what you pay to your electricity supply company K-Electric etc. Calculating the cost of electricity is a little tricky because a variable tariff structure is in place instead of a flat per unit cost. So the tariffs will be different if consumption is under 50 units compared with if your consumption is between 50 and 100 units and so forth. Essentially, NEPRA (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has created different tariff slabs, which are determined by the unit consumption for a particular household. Simply put, the more units you consume, the cost of electricity per unit will go up. 

SLAB SYSTEM IN K ELECTRIC:
. In  KE following are the slab units that are being followed.
Ø  Up to 50 units = Rs.2.00 per unit
Ø  1-100 units = Rs. 5.79 per unit
Ø  101-200 units = Rs. 8.11 per unit
Ø  201-300 units = Rs. 10.20 per unit
Ø  301-700 units = Rs. 16.00 per unit
Ø  Above 700 units = Rs. 18.00 per unit

EFFECTS OF SLAB CHANGING:

If 1-100 units are being consumed by a consumer than he will be charged for 5.79 rp per unit. Similary if a consumer consumes 101-200 units, he will be charged for 8.11 per unit. So, one has to keep the record number of units consumes because a slight change in the units consumed can change the slab system and ultimately we will have to pay more

BILLED VALUE:
The picture below ( highlighted ) shows your bill calculation, where your billed value is found by using this formula:
Billed Value= Units consumed* Slab rate























SANCTIONED LOAD:

sanctioned load is the maximum amount of load which you are allowed to use at home. If you exceed this load rating than you will be charge penalty for this.

IN below picture the area which is circled is showing sanctioned load.. Here it is written 1 i.e. our sanctioned load is upto 1kw. Sanctioned load varies according to requirement of consumer

(ignore the arrow part)













GOVERNMENT CHARGES:

Different government and other charges are mentioned on k electric bill

  • General Sales Tax (GST)

General Sales Tax (GST) is levied on the total cost of electricity. GST is usually 17% to 18% depending on the province or federal territory.
  • OTHER CHARGES
  • TVL charges of PKR 35 are standard across all electricity bills in Pakistan
  • Fuel price adjustment 
  • BANK CHARGES 
  • RENT
  • others
  • ( Below image shows the charges section)

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