Updated: August 2026
A 200 units electricity bill in Pakistan comes to roughly Rs 3,800 a month for a protected domestic consumer in August 2026, on a 2 kW connection. That splits into Rs 2,355 in energy charge (100 units at Rs 10.54 plus 100 units at Rs 13.01), a Rs 600 fixed charge, a Rs 646 financing surcharge, a Rs 397 quarterly credit working in your favour, about Rs 35 in electricity duty and Rs 583 of GST. On a smaller 1 kW connection the same 200 units is closer to Rs 3,470, because the fixed charge halves.
The catch is what happens at unit number 201. Use one unit more and you lose protected status: the whole month reprices on unprotected slabs, and that same connection’s bill jumps to about Rs 7,311. One extra unit costs you roughly Rs 3,489 on the total bill. This is the single sharpest cliff on a Pakistani electricity bill, and it is the reason 200 units matters so much.
This guide gives you the full line-by-line breakdown of a 200-unit bill under the current SRO 279(I)/2026 schedule, the 200-versus-201 cliff in rupees, and quick reference figures for 100, 300 and 500 units so you can place your own bill on the ladder.
What a 200-unit bill actually costs in August 2026
Here is the full stack for a protected home using exactly 200 units, on a 2 kW single-phase connection, in an August 2026 bill. Protected consumers keep the previous-slab benefit, so the first 100 units are charged at Rs 10.54 and the next 100 at Rs 13.01.
| Line on your bill | How it is worked out | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Energy charge | (100 × 10.54) + (100 × 13.01) | Rs 2,355.00 |
| Fixed charge | 2 kW × Rs 300 (101–200 protected slab) | Rs 600.00 |
| Financing cost surcharge | 200 × Rs 3.23 | Rs 646.00 |
| Quarterly tariff adjustment | 200 × −Rs 1.9857 | −Rs 397.14 |
| Electricity duty | 1.5% of energy charge | Rs 35.33 |
| Subtotal before GST | — | Rs 3,239.19 |
| GST | 18% of subtotal | Rs 583.05 |
| Total | — | ≈ Rs 3,822 |
Two things are doing most of the work here. The quarterly tariff adjustment is a credit of Rs 1.9857 per unit that NEPRA allowed for June, July and August 2026 bills only. It shaves Rs 397 off this bill before GST. From September, once that quarter’s true-up ends, a fresh quarterly figure takes its place, and if it is smaller or turns positive your 200-unit bill rises by around Rs 470 to somewhere near Rs 4,290. The fixed charge is the other swing factor, and it depends entirely on your sanctioned load, covered further down.
A protected home does not pay any advance income tax on a bill this size, and the old Rs 35 PTV fee was removed from bills back in July 2025. So the table above is the whole bill. Your own copy may differ by a few rupees on the duty line depending on your province, and by the current month’s fuel adjustment, which we cover next.
Why a 200-unit bill is more than 200 times the unit rate
If you multiply 200 units by the headline Rs 13.01 slab rate you get Rs 2,602, and people are often surprised the real bill is about 47% higher. The gap is the cost stack that sits on every Pakistani electricity bill on top of the energy charge.
- Fixed charge. New since SRO 279 imposed it on all households in February 2026, including protected ones. It is billed per kilowatt of your sanctioned load, not per unit used, so it lands even in a light month.
- Financing cost surcharge. Rs 3.23 per unit, charged on every slab except lifeline, earmarked for power-sector debt repayment. On your bill it usually reads “FC SUR”.
- Fuel price adjustment (FPA). A monthly plus-or-minus correction for fuel costs two months earlier. It is small on a 200-unit bill and lifeline consumers are exempt, but it moves every month. The mechanics are in our guide to the FPA on your electricity bill.
- Quarterly tariff adjustment (QTA). The credit of Rs 1.9857 per unit in the June to August 2026 window, allowed after a NEPRA quarterly true-up of about Rs 67 billion.
- Electricity duty and GST. A provincial duty around 1.5%, then 18% General Sales Tax on the bill. GST alone adds Rs 583 to the 200-unit example.
The full list of levies, and who is exempt from each, is broken down in our guide to the taxes on your electricity bill. The short version: a 200-unit protected bill works out to an effective rate near Rs 19 per unit once everything is added, against a base slab rate of Rs 13.01.
The 200-unit cliff: what one extra unit does
This is the part worth reading twice. Protected status is not a discount on the units above 200. It is a status you either hold or lose for the whole bill. Cross the line to 201 units and the whole bill reprices on unprotected slabs, with none of the protected benefit left.
| Line | 200 units (protected) | 201 units (unprotected) |
|---|---|---|
| Energy charge | Rs 2,355 (100 @ 10.54 + 100 @ 13.01) | Rs 5,168 (100 @ 22.44 + 100 @ 28.91 + 1 @ 33.10) |
| Fixed charge (2 kW) | Rs 600 | Rs 700 |
| FC surcharge | Rs 646 | Rs 649 |
| Quarterly credit | −Rs 397 | −Rs 399 |
| Electricity duty | Rs 35 | Rs 78 |
| GST (18%) | Rs 583 | Rs 1,115 |
| Total | ≈ Rs 3,822 | ≈ Rs 7,311 |
One extra unit of consumption adds about Rs 3,489 to the bill. The energy charge alone leaps from Rs 2,355 to Rs 5,168, because those 201 units are now billed on unprotected slabs (Rs 22.44, Rs 28.91 and Rs 33.10) instead of the protected Rs 10.54 and Rs 13.01. Nothing else on the bill changes much; the whole jump is the loss of protected slab rates.
It gets worse than a one-month sting. Once you cross 200, your DISCO’s billing system holds you at unprotected rates until you record six consecutive months at or under 200 units. A single 210-unit month in the June heat can keep you on unprotected rates through the following winter, even if every one of those later months is well under 200. The full six-month mechanic, and how status is recomputed, is in our guide to protected versus unprotected consumers. If your bill suddenly doubled and you cannot see why, this cliff is the first thing to check, ahead of the reasons in why your electricity bill is so high.
100, 200, 300 and 500 units: reference bill figures
Where does your own bill sit on the ladder? These are approximate total bills on the same 2 kW connection and the same August 2026 schedule, including the current quarterly credit. Real sanctioned loads rise with consumption, so treat the higher rows as a floor rather than an exact match.
| Units used | Status | Energy charge | Approx. total bill | Effective Rs/unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Protected | Rs 1,054 | Rs 1,881 | 18.8 |
| 200 | Protected | Rs 2,355 | Rs 3,822 | 19.1 |
| 201 | Unprotected | Rs 5,168 | Rs 7,311 | 36.4 |
| 300 | Unprotected | Rs 8,445 | Rs 11,381 | 37.9 |
| 500 | Unprotected | Rs 15,986 | Rs 21,061 | 42.1 |
A few things jump out of that table. The effective per-unit cost barely moves between 100 and 200 units, because both sit inside protected rates, but it nearly doubles the moment you tip into unprotected territory at 201. A 300 units electricity bill in Pakistan runs about Rs 11,381 on this connection, roughly three times a 200-unit bill for 50% more electricity. A 500-unit bill lands near Rs 21,000, still short of the Rs 25,000 mark where households off the FBR Active Taxpayer List start paying an extra 7.5% advance income tax; you cross that line closer to 600 units, where the bill runs about Rs 26,400. The full slab ladder and how each bracket is priced is in our guide to the electricity per unit price in Pakistan and the detail of every bracket in electricity tariff slabs.
How much does 200 units cost on your connection? Load matters
The energy charge for 200 units is fixed at Rs 2,355 whatever your meter. What changes your total is the fixed charge, and that scales with your sanctioned load, the kilowatts printed on your bill near the tariff code.
| Sanctioned load | Fixed charge (101–200 slab) | Approx. total 200-unit bill |
|---|---|---|
| 1 kW | Rs 300 | ≈ Rs 3,470 |
| 2 kW | Rs 600 | ≈ Rs 3,822 |
| 3 kW | Rs 900 | ≈ Rs 4,180 |
Each extra kilowatt of sanctioned load adds Rs 300 to the fixed charge, plus 18% GST on it, so about Rs 354 to the total. If your load looks higher than you need, a load-reduction request at your DISCO can trim this line, though most protected homes already sit at 1 to 2 kW.
The base rates are identical across every distribution company. A 200-unit protected bill is the same in Lahore under LESCO, in Karachi under K-Electric and in Islamabad under IESCO, because all of them bill on the uniform national tariff. The only differences you will notice are the month’s fuel adjustment and the provincial duty. To see the exact figure for your own units and load, run them through our electricity bill calculator, or the DISCO-specific version such as the LESCO bill calculator; pick your company from the all-DISCOs hub if you are elsewhere.
How to keep your bill at the 200-unit rate
For most homes the entire game is staying at or under 200 units, because the money you save by not crossing the cliff dwarfs almost any other bill-cutting trick. A few habits actually decide it:
- Read your meter around the 15th. If you are already near 100 units halfway through the billing cycle, the second half needs discipline to land under 200. Waiting for the bill to arrive is too late.
- Know your one big load. A single 1.5-ton non-inverter air conditioner can pull 20 to 30 units on a hot day. One appliance decides most near-misses at 200. Our guide to reducing your electricity bill ranks the changes by units saved.
- Watch the meter-reading date, not the calendar. Your billing month is the span between meter-reading dates, which can be 28 to 33 days. A late reading packs extra days, and extra units, into one bill.
- Be honest if you live at the line. Bouncing between 190 and 210 units means you will spend most of the year on unprotected rates anyway. Either cut decisively below 200, or budget for the higher bill rather than getting stung by surprise.
FAQs
How much is a 200-unit electricity bill in Pakistan right now?
About Rs 3,822 a month for a protected consumer on a 2 kW connection in August 2026, or roughly Rs 3,470 on a 1 kW connection. That includes Rs 2,355 energy charge, the fixed charge, financing surcharge, the current quarterly credit, electricity duty and 18% GST. The figure rises by about Rs 470 from September, when the June to August quarterly credit ends.
Why is my 200-unit bill higher than 200 times the unit rate?
Because the per-unit slab rate is only the energy charge. On top of it every bill carries a per-kW fixed charge, a Rs 3.23 financing surcharge, the monthly fuel adjustment, a roughly 1.5% electricity duty and 18% GST. Together these lift a Rs 2,355 energy charge to a total near Rs 3,800, an effective rate of about Rs 19 per unit.
How much does a 300-unit electricity bill cost in Pakistan?
About Rs 11,381 a month on a 2 kW connection in August 2026. A 300-unit home is an unprotected consumer, billed on progressive unprotected slabs (Rs 22.44 for the first 100 units, Rs 28.91 for the next 100 and Rs 33.10 for units 201 to 300), giving a Rs 8,445 energy charge before the fixed charge, surcharge, duty and GST are added.
What happens to my bill if I use 201 units instead of 200?
You lose protected status and the whole month reprices on unprotected slabs (Rs 22.44, Rs 28.91 and Rs 33.10). On a 2 kW connection the bill jumps from about Rs 3,822 to about Rs 7,311, so one extra unit costs roughly Rs 3,489. You then need six consecutive months at or under 200 units to get protected rates back.
Do protected consumers pay fixed charges on a 200-unit bill?
Yes, since February 2026. A protected home in the 101 to 200 unit slab pays Rs 300 per kilowatt of sanctioned load, so Rs 600 on a 2 kW connection, billed even in a light month. Only lifeline consumers, on very small loads at 50 or 100 units, remain exempt from the fixed charge.
Is a 200-unit bill the same for LESCO, K-Electric and IESCO?
The base rates are identical, because all distribution companies bill domestic consumers on the same uniform national tariff. A 200-unit protected bill is around Rs 3,800 whether you are in Lahore, Karachi or Islamabad. Only the month’s fuel adjustment and the provincial electricity duty vary slightly between them.
How can I keep my bill at the 200-unit protected rate?
Track your meter mid-month rather than waiting for the bill, control your single heaviest load (usually an air conditioner), and mind the meter-reading date so a long billing cycle does not push you over. Staying at or under 200 units in every one of the last six months is what keeps you on protected rates.
Check your own bill in seconds
The surest way to know your status and how close you are to the 200-unit cliff is to read your last few bills: note the units, note the applied per-unit rate, and you will see instantly whether you are protected. You can pull any month’s bill free, no account needed, from the all-DISCOs hub, then drop your numbers into the electricity bill calculator to project next month before the meter reader arrives. Staying on the right side of 200 is worth more than any other single move on your bill.