MEPCO Bill Calculator
(Online MEPCO / NEPRA Tariff Tool)
Estimate your monthly MEPCO electricity bill using NEPRA's uniform tariff for ex-WAPDA DISCOs — residential, commercial, industrial and agriculture categories, with FPA, GST, electricity duty and TV fee.
From your bill's 'Total FPA' line — can be negative
Optional — subtracted from the total below
Estimated Monthly Bill
Protected⚡ 0 units this month · avg rate Rs 0.00/unit
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MEPCO Rates Are the Same NEPRA Schedule as Every Other Ex-WAPDA DISCO
Multan Electric Power Company is one of 10 ex-WAPDA DISCOs billed off the same NEPRA-notified schedule — LESCO, IESCO, FESCO, GEPCO, HESCO, SEPCO, PESCO, QESCO, TESCO included — so the per-unit price is set nationally, not by MEPCO itself. Karachi's K-Electric is the sole exception, running an entirely separate tariff. MEPCO's territory covers Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Sahiwal, Vehari and Muzaffargarh. MEPCO covers the largest geographic area of any ex-WAPDA DISCO — all of southern Punjab — spanning multiple divisions from Multan down to the Sindh and Balochistan borders.
A key detail most people miss: the tariff is non-telescopic, meaning MEPCO doesn't only charge the higher rate on units above a slab line — it re-bills the entire month at that higher rate the moment you cross it. For a 1 kW Unprotected connection, 300 units at Rs 33.10/unit totals roughly Rs 12,285; 301 units flips the whole month to Rs 36.46/unit for roughly Rs 13,592 instead.
How Protected / Unprotected / Lifeline Status Works
Nobody selects this status directly; it's assigned automatically from your consumption history over time, not from any one bill:
- Lifeline: 12-month average consumption ≤100 units — the lowest rates (Rs 3.95–7.74/unit), exempt from fixed charges, but no slab benefit if you exceed 50 units in a month.
- Protected: 6-month average consumption ≤200 units — subsidised rates (Rs 10.54–13.01/unit) with the benefit of one previous slab.
- Unprotected: everyone else — full tariff rates from Rs 22.44/unit up to Rs 47.20/unit above 700 units.
MEPCO tracks your consumption history and prints your assigned category directly on your bill — this calculator can't work that out for you, so select whichever category actually appears on your bill.
Reading the Non-Energy Lines on a MEPCO Bill
Past the energy charge, a MEPCO bill stacks five more line items before you reach the total:
| Line item | What determines it |
|---|---|
| Fixed / Customer Charge | Per-kW of sanctioned load for residential and kW-based commercial/industrial tariffs (Time-of-Use uses half the load; larger commercial/industrial uses a quarter of load or actual peak demand, whichever is higher); a flat per-consumer amount for the smaller categories instead. |
| FPA | Actual vs. assumed fuel cost for the month, roughly two months behind — goes negative (a credit) when fuel got cheaper than planned. |
| QTA | A separate capacity/O&M true-up, revised once a quarter rather than monthly. |
| Electricity Duty | Provincial levy on the subtotal, around 1.5% — the exact figure is printed on your bill. |
| GST | Federal 18% sales tax on the same subtotal. |
| TV Fee | Flat PTV licence charge, usually Rs 35, bundled into most domestic connections. |
⚠️ Treat this as a planning estimate, not your official bill. These five figures move monthly or quarterly — pull the exact numbers off your latest MEPCO bill and plug them into "Customize" above for a closer match.
Using the Calculator in Four Steps
No sign-up and no bill upload — the MEPCO calculator above runs on four inputs, entirely in your browser.
- Category: match whatever is printed on your bill — Lifeline, Protected, Unprotected, Time-of-Use, Commercial, Industrial or Agriculture.
- Units consumed: the kWh reading from your latest bill.
- FPA: copy the Fuel Price Adjustment line from your bill; it can be a negative number.
- Customize (optional): override GST, Electricity Duty, QTA or TV Fee if your bill's figures differ from the defaults above.
The Slab Cliff in Numbers — Protected vs Unprotected
Estimated total bill (1 kW sanctioned load, single phase, default duty/GST, FPA and TV fee excluded) at each unit level:
| Units | Protected Rate | Protected Bill | Unprotected Rate | Unprotected Bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Rs 10.54 | Rs 1,498.53 | Rs 22.44 | Rs 3,010.20 |
| 200 | Rs 13.01 | Rs 3,467.89 | Rs 28.91 | Rs 7,267.99 |
| 300 | Rs 13.01* | Rs 5,022.59* | Rs 33.10 | Rs 12,284.60 |
| 301 | Rs 13.01* | Rs 5,038.13* | Rs 36.46 | Rs 13,592.48 |
| 500 | Rs 13.01* | Rs 8,131.97* | Rs 38.95 | Rs 23,870.13 |
| 700 | Rs 13.01* | Rs 11,241.36* | Rs 41.85 | Rs 35,814.15 |
*The Protected tariff table only defines slabs up to 200 units — a real Protected consumer averaging over 200 units for 6 months would be reclassified as Unprotected, so these rows are illustrative of the rate structure, not a realistic bill for that consumer. Notice the Unprotected jump from 300→301 units: about Rs 1,308 for one extra unit, purely from the slab-cliff mechanic. Figures verified against a real IESCO bill and this page's own calculator, which excludes TV fee (Rs 0) by default — add it in "Customize" if your bill shows one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do LESCO, IESCO and MEPCO charge different unit rates?
No — a single NEPRA-notified tariff schedule covers all 10 ex-WAPDA DISCOs, MEPCO included, so the rate for any given category is the same regardless of which of the ten companies bills you. K-Electric is the sole exception, since Karachi runs under its own separate tariff structure entirely outside this notification.
Why is my MEPCO bill disproportionately higher after a small increase in units?
Pakistan's residential slabs are non-telescopic, meaning the ENTIRE month re-rates to the new slab the moment you cross its boundary — the higher rate isn't limited to just the extra units. Compare 300 units at Rs 33.10/unit (about Rs 12,285 total) against 301 units at Rs 36.46/unit (about Rs 13,592) — over Rs 1,300 difference from a single unit.
On what basis is a MEPCO consumer classified Protected, Unprotected or Lifeline?
A rolling average, not a one-off reading: 6 months at 200 units or under sets Protected status, and 12 months at 100 units or under sets Lifeline. MEPCO keeps this running average and prints your current classification on the bill itself — enter that printed category here rather than trying to work it out yourself.
Can FPA reduce my MEPCO bill instead of increasing it?
Yes — FPA is simply the difference between the fuel cost the tariff assumed and what fuel actually cost that billing month, applied about two months later. When actual costs undercut the assumption, FPA turns negative and works as a credit rather than a charge. Since it changes every month, pull the exact figure from your current bill.
My MEPCO usage was minimal this month — why is a fixed charge still on the bill?
It's a standing charge for keeping the connection maintained, billed per kW of your sanctioned load independent of how much you actually used (smaller categories instead get a flat per-consumer rate). Lifeline is the only category exempt from it, and even then a minimum monthly charge applies in its place.
Base tariff data sourced from NEPRA's official Tariff Guide (S.R.O 279(I)/2026, February 2026), notified uniformly for all ex-WAPDA DISCOs including MEPCO. FPA/QTA/GST/Electricity Duty change monthly or quarterly — verify against your own bill before making financial decisions.