CalcuPK

Electricity bill calculator Pakistan

This calculator estimates a Pakistani electricity bill from the units you consumed. It prices units through NEPRA's residential slabs — telescopically up to about 300 units, then at a single rate for every unit above that — checks whether you qualify as a protected consumer from your six-month history, and adds General Sales Tax, electricity duty, the monthly Fuel Cost Adjustment, the TV fee and surcharges. Enter your bill's exact rates for the closest estimate.

CalculatorPakistan (generic ex-WAPDA schedule)
Applies toResidential & commercial connections
Slab ruleTelescopic (each band at its own rate); protected cliff at 200 units
Protected status≤200 units in each of the last 6 months
Primary outputEstimated bill, slab breakdown, effective rate
Last reviewed2026-07-22
Free to useRuns in your browserEstimate — enter your bill's exact rates
Protected status

Rates from your bill (editable)

Tariffs change monthly — enter the figures on your latest bill.

Solar (net billing, optional)

NEPRA has revised solar buy-back rules — enter the current notified export rate. This models net billing (export bought back at a notified rate), not older net metering.

Estimated bill

PKR 10,551

Pakistan (generic ex-WAPDA schedule) · non-protected · telescopic

Slab breakdown

1–100100 × 23PKR 2,300
101–200100 × 30PKR 3,000
201–300100 × 35PKR 3,500
Energy charge
PKR 8,800
Electricity duty
PKR 132
GST
PKR 1,584
TV fee
PKR 35
Total
PKR 10,551
Effective rate/unit
PKR 35
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An estimate, not the official bill. Slab rates, the Fuel Cost Adjustment and taxes change frequently — enter the exact figures from your bill. Nothing is uploaded.

How the bill is built up

A residential electricity bill in Pakistan is the sum of:

  • Energy charge — your units priced through the NEPRA slabs.
  • Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) — a per-unit charge revised monthly.
  • Quarterly Tariff Adjustment (QTA) — a per-unit charge revised quarterly.
  • Taxes — General Sales Tax and provincial electricity duty on the variable charges.
  • Fixed items — TV licence (PTV) fee, meter rent and any fixed charge.
  • Other — surcharges, arrears and late-payment surcharge where applicable.

The two things that surprise people

Protected status. You get the lower protected slab rates only if your usage stayed at or below 200 units in every one of the last six months. One month over 200 units moves you to the higher non-protected rates.

The protected cliff. Losing protected status re-prices your whole consumption on the higher non-protected slabs, not just the units over 200 — the single biggest jump on a Pakistani bill. Within the non-protected schedule the calculator bills telescopically (each band at its own rate), the current mainstream reading. An older method charged every unit at one rate above about 300 units; sources conflict on whether it still applies, so compare the slab breakdown with your printed bill.

Common mistakes

  • Treating a single month under 200 units as protected status — it needs all six previous months.
  • Forgetting that losing protected status re-prices your whole consumption, not just the excess units.
  • Leaving the Fuel Cost Adjustment at zero — it changes monthly and is on every bill.
  • Forgetting GST, electricity duty, the TV fee and surcharges when estimating the total.

Frequently asked questions

Enter the units consumed (from your meter or last bill), choose residential or commercial, and set your protected status — or enter your last six months' units to have it determined for you. The calculator prices the units through the slabs and adds taxes, the Fuel Cost Adjustment, the TV fee and any surcharges to reach an estimated total.