Complete Guide to UPPCL Electricity Bill

Overview

UPPCL bills consumers monthly. It was incorporated on 30 November 1999 and began operating 15 January 2000, when the Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (UPSEB) was unbundled into UPPCL (transmission and distribution) and separate generation companies. UPPCL itself doesn't bill consumers directly — that's done by five regional subsidiaries, each covering a different part of the state but all on the exact same UPERC-approved tariff:

• Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (PuVVNL)
• Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (MVVNL) — includes Lucknow
• Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (PVVNL)
• Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (DVVNL)
• Kanpur Electricity Supply Company (KESCO) — Kanpur Municipal Corporation area only

Whichever of these five names appears on your bill, the rates in this guide apply the same way — only your local office, portal experience and customer service differ by subsidiary.

Takeaway: “UPPCL” is the umbrella tariff, but your actual bill and payment portal come from one of five subsidiaries depending on where you live.

Consumer Categories

Our verified data currently covers four UPPCL consumer categories, each with its own UPERC rate schedule:

For what each code means, including LMV-3 to LMV-11 and the HV schedules, see LMV-1 full form and every UPPCL tariff category.

Takeaway: every category here is the urban schedule specifically — UPPCL runs separate rural schedules for several of these that this guide doesn't model.

Domestic (LMV-1) Tariff Slabs

UPPCL bills urban domestic consumption through four telescopic slabs, effective 1 April 2025:

See how telescopic slabs work for the general mechanic — only the units inside each band cost that band's rate. This is the urban schedule; UP's rural domestic tariff is separate and not modelled here. Plug your own units into the UPPCL bill calculator for an instant, itemised estimate.

Takeaway: the first 150 units always cost ₹5.50 each, no matter how much more you use that month.

Commercial, Industrial and Agriculture Tariffs

These three categories are primary-sourced directly from UPERC's FY2025-26 tariff order, but each covers one specific band or schedule — read the caveat under each before assuming it applies to your connection:

Commercial caveat: the ₹7.50/₹8.40 rate applies only up to a 4kW contracted load. Above 4kW, UPPCL charges ₹450/kW fixed and a different energy schedule (₹7.50/unit up to 1,000 units, then ₹8.75) — not modelled here. A seasonal minimum charge (₹600/kW April–September, ₹475/kW October–March) also isn't modelled.

Industrial caveat: a time-of-day surcharge or rebate of ±15% on the energy charge applies during specified peak/off-peak windows, and a 7.5% Rural Schedule rebate exists for eligible connections — neither is modelled here.

Agriculture caveat — the most important one on this page: the ₹6.50/unit rate above is the urban, non-subsidized schedule. Most UP private tubewell connections are actually billed under the heavily government-subsidized Rural Schedule, where the real payable rate is only around ₹70/BHP/month fixed plus ₹2.00/unit — dramatically cheaper. If you're a typical rural agricultural consumer, the figures in this table will significantly overstate your actual bill. Also, even on the urban schedule shown here, UPPCL's cross-subsidy adjustment reduces the real payable energy rate to ₹6.00/unit, not ₹6.50 — not reflected in the table above.

Takeaway: if you're on a subsidized rural agricultural connection, ignore the agriculture row above entirely — your real bill is substantially lower.

Fixed Charges by Category

Unlike DISCOMs that charge a flat monthly fixed fee, every UPPCL category here bills its fixed charge per kW (or per BHP) of sanctioned load — so a larger connection costs more in fixed charges even at zero consumption:

Domestic connections also carry a separate ₹20/month meter rent, itemized independently from the fixed charge.

Takeaway: a higher sanctioned load raises your fixed charge every month, whether or not you actually use more power — right-sizing your sanctioned load matters here more than on a flat-fixed-charge DISCOM.

The Regulatory True-Up (UPPCL's Fuel Adjustment)

UPPCL applies a ₹0.15 per unit regulatory true-up on top of the energy and fixed charges — this is UPPCL's version of the fuel/power-purchase adjustment mechanism most Indian DISCOMs use. For the general mechanism behind a charge like this — why it exists and why it can move independently of your usage — see fixed charges vs FCA explained.

Unlike some DISCOMs where this adjustment isn't modelled at all in our data, UPPCL's ₹0.15/unit figure is verified and included in the calculator and worked example below — though as with any true-up mechanism, confirm the current rate against UPPCL's latest tariff order, since it's designed to be reviewed periodically.

Takeaway: at ₹0.15/unit, this line is small relative to the energy charge for most households, but it applies to every unit you use, unlike the flat fixed charge.

Electricity Duty

Electricity duty is a Uttar Pradesh state government tax collected on your bill, not a charge UPPCL sets or keeps. For domestic supply, it's 5% of the energy charge — notably lower than several other states; Maharashtra's MSEDCL, for comparison, charges 16% on the same basis. See our MSEDCL complete guide for that comparison in full — and unlike either state, BESCOM and WBSEDCL both have an unverified duty rate rather than a confirmed one, per our BESCOM and WBSEDCL complete guides.

Takeaway: UP's 5% duty is genuinely light by Indian standards — a meaningful chunk of your total bill in a high-duty state like Maharashtra barely registers here.

How to Check and Pay Your UPPCL Bill

The general path, via UPPCL's own portal (exact screens can change over time):

1. 1Visit the UPPCL consumer portal at consumer.uppcl.org, or your local subsidiary’s app (for example KESCO’s app in Kanpur).
2. 2Enter your Account/Consumer ID to fetch your current bill.
3. 3Verify the amount shown and pay via UPI, card or net banking.
4. 4Save the payment receipt for your records.

For billing queries or disputes, UPPCL's helpline is 1800-180-8752 or 1912 — this guide and our calculator are estimation tools, not a substitute for your actual bill or the official portal for account-specific issues.

Takeaway: for anything account-specific, contact your local subsidiary (PuVVNL, MVVNL, PVVNL, DVVNL or KESCO) directly rather than a generic statewide number.

Worked Example: 250 Units, Domestic Connection

Using the verified slabs above, here's the full calculation for a domestic connection using 250 units in a month, assuming a 2kW sanctioned load:

A different sanctioned load changes only the fixed-charge line — a 4kW connection, for example, would pay ₹440 instead of ₹220 there, with everything else unchanged. Your real bill may also include account-specific items like arrears or a previous balance not modelled here. Run your own exact units and sanctioned load, including any category other than domestic, on the UPPCL bill calculator.

Takeaway: at 250 units on a 2kW connection, the fixed charge, meter rent and true-up together add up to almost as much as the electricity duty — none of them move with your consumption the way the energy charge does.

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