Service Charges on your electricity bill
In short. A fixed administrative charge some tariff categories carry, separate from meter rent and separate from usage-based energy charges.
Where to find it on your bill
Charges section, alongside meter rent.
Not every tariff category carries a service charge line — it's more common on commercial and industrial connections than standard residential ones. Where it appears, it's a flat monthly figure rather than something tied to units consumed.
More taxes, duties & surcharges fields
- FPA (Fuel Price Adjustment) — A per-unit surcharge or refund NEPRA approves monthly to reconcile actual fuel costs with the reference cost built into tariffs — it can be positive or negative, and it's identical for every consumer in a tariff category regardless of DISCO.
- GST — Federal General Sales Tax applied to the energy charge plus FPA and surcharges — a percentage, not a fixed amount, so it moves with everything above it on the bill.
- Electricity Duty (ED) — A provincial government levy, typically a small percentage of the base tariff, collected by the DISCO on the province's behalf.
- TV Fee — A fixed monthly fee collected on behalf of Pakistan Television Corporation, charged regardless of whether the household owns a television.
- N.J. (Neelum-Jhelum) Surcharge — A per-unit surcharge funding the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project's financing, applied to most consumer categories nationwide.