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UPPCL Bill Calculator for UP Homes

Uttar Pradesh charges domestic connections a fixed amount for every kW of contracted load, then telescopic slab rates that differ between urban and rural areas. Pick your schedule, enter the load and units, and see the monthly bill with and without rooftop solar.

ScheduleFixed chargeEnergy charge
Urban (metered)₹110 per kW a month₹5.50 – ₹7.00 a unit
Rural (metered)₹90 per kW a month₹3.35 – ₹5.50 a unit
Lifeline (1 kW, up to 100 units)₹50 per kW a month₹3.00 a unit

UPERC kept these rates unchanged for 2026-27, the seventh year without a domestic tariff increase.

Your UP Connection

Contracted (sanctioned) load is printed on your bill. Net-metered solar is usually allowed up to that load.

Monthly Bill

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fixed + energy charges, before duty and fuel surcharge
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How the energy charge adds up

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About this estimate: it applies UPERC's fixed and energy charges only; electricity duty and the monthly fuel surcharge appear separately on the bill. For a solar system sized to your load and an up-to-date installed price, contact a local solar contractor.

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Urban, Rural or Lifeline: Finding Your Rate Schedule

UPERC's LMV-1 domestic category has separate schedules. Homes in cities and towns are on the urban schedule. Metered homes in rural areas pay the lower rural rates. A lifeline connection has a 1 kW contracted load and uses no more than 100 units a month; in a month above 100 units the units are billed under the regular urban or rural schedule.

Urban domestic

Monthly unitsRate per unit
0 – 150₹5.50
151 – 300₹6.00
301 – 500₹6.50
Above 500₹7.00

Fixed charge: ₹110 per kW of contracted load each month.

Rural domestic (metered)

Monthly unitsRate per unit
0 – 100₹3.35
101 – 150₹3.85
151 – 300₹5.00
Above 300₹5.50

Fixed charge: ₹90 per kW of contracted load each month.

Contracted Load Sets the Fixed Charge

UP prices the fixed charge per kW of contracted load, so it grows with the load, not the units. An urban 2 kW connection pays ₹220 a month and a 5 kW connection ₹550, whatever the units. At 250 units a month that makes the bill ₹1,645 on 2 kW and ₹1,975 on 5 kW. Before you raise your load for an AC or for solar net metering, add the extra fixed charge to the cost.

Seven Years Without a Domestic Tariff Increase

UPERC's tariff order for the state distribution companies for 2026-27, issued in July 2026, kept the existing rate schedule for the seventh year running. The state government's subsidy for the year was raised to ₹20,400 crore, and the Commission used past surpluses to cover the remaining revenue gap rather than raising consumer tariffs.

Rooftop Solar on a UPPCL Connection

Example, Lucknow: an urban home on a 3 kW connection using 400 units a month pays ₹2,705: ₹330 fixed and ₹2,375 energy. Lucknow averages about 4.8 peak sun hours, so a 3 kW system makes about 346 units a month. The 54 units left are billed at ₹5.50, and the bill falls to about ₹627, most of it the fixed charge. That is about ₹24,900 a year saved.

Because UP's top urban rate is ₹7.00, savings per unit are lower than in states with steeper slabs, but the state adds its own subsidy on top of the central PM Surya Ghar subsidy. See the combined figure in the solar subsidy calculator and the payback in the savings and payback calculator.

Which companies this covers

The rates apply to the UPPCL distribution companies: MVVNL (Lucknow), PVVNL (Meerut and Noida), DVVNL (Agra), PuVVNL (Varanasi) and KESCo (Kanpur). Noida Power Company (NPCL), which supplies Greater Noida, is a separate licensee with its own tariff order.

Tariff Sources

  • UPERC tariff order for FY 2026-27 for the state distribution companies, July 2026: rate schedule retained, state subsidy of ₹20,400 crore. Listed on the UPERC tariff orders page.
  • LMV-1 domestic rate schedule: urban, rural and lifeline fixed and energy charges as published by UPPCL.

Rates checked on 9 October 2026.

UPPCL Bill FAQs

What is the UPPCL per-unit rate for urban homes?+
₹5.50 for the first 150 units a month, ₹6.00 for 151–300, ₹6.50 for 301–500 and ₹7.00 above 500, plus a fixed charge of ₹110 per kW of contracted load each month.
What do rural domestic consumers pay in UP?+
Rural metered connections pay ₹3.35 for the first 100 units, ₹3.85 for 101–150, ₹5.00 for 151–300 and ₹5.50 above 300, with a fixed charge of ₹90 per kW a month.
Who gets the lifeline rate?+
Lifeline connections have a contracted load of 1 kW and use up to 100 units a month. They pay ₹3.00 a unit and ₹50 per kW a month. In a month above 100 units, the units are billed under the regular urban or rural schedule.
Did UP electricity rates go up in 2026?+
No. UPERC's tariff order for 2026-27, issued in July 2026, kept domestic rates unchanged for the seventh year in a row.
How does contracted load change my bill?+
The fixed charge is per kW: an urban 2 kW connection pays ₹220 a month and a 5 kW connection ₹550, whatever the units. At 250 units the bill is ₹1,645 on 2 kW and ₹1,975 on 5 kW.
How much does rooftop solar save on a UPPCL bill?+
A Lucknow home on a 3 kW urban connection using 400 units a month pays about ₹2,705. A 3 kW system makes about 346 units a month, leaving 54 billed units, so the bill drops to about ₹627, most of it the fixed charge.

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