Extremely High Electricity Bill ( Confused )

[kashik87]

I hope you guys are doing well.

So as the topic says I am writing this to get some information and feedback from other members around specially in Karachi regarding the electricity bill hike. So I just received my electricity bill for the month of May today and to my horror the bill came at around Rs:27,000. I live in a portion house with 3 rooms and for the last year or so my electric bills have been coming in the range of Rs:2000 to Rs 5000 each month and now all of a sudden I have received a bill of Rs:27000.

I have those new digital meters installed and to be fair during the last month due to the extreme heat and also I live of top portion just below roof we have had use the Acs in our house throughout the day. I have two Acs installed one a 1.5 ton which runs around (8-12 hours avg ) and a 1 ton ( runs around 6-8 avg ) during the last month. I was though expecting a bill of around 10-15k but this is just way too high.

I just wanted to write this post and see what kind of bills people in general in Karachi are receiving with the Ac in use now and is this bill accurate and fair ? In my bill I have consumed around 1300 units and during the last years or so never had I received a bill of more than 350 units.

Also one thing that bothers me more is my neighbor who also have a 1 ton Ac installed single AC in ther house and run in 24/7 non stop have received a bill of Rs: 7800 so I was thinking is really the 1.5 ton Ac the culprit of this excessive consumption ? This is an old AC that I had purchased back in 2011 this is a sturdy beast, purchased it for my office where it ran during works hours for 6 years then I brought this one home when the office shifted so its a powerful beats but maybe it is drawing too much units.

What do you guys think ?

[waqar.pafl]

First of all see if you have actually consumed 1300 units, if you have independent meter for the top portion then look at the wires coming out of the meter and going into your portion as if there is leakage in the wires especially check where it is touching electric poles and walls. I had once similar problem and my bill was also soo high in the end the culprit was worn out wire which was touching the pole and acting like earth where all units were consumed by the earth.
Secondly if you have actually consumed 1300 units then the bill is justified

By the way my personal experience is that if you are using two Acs for 7 to 8 hours then your bill seems reasonable

[Nabs]

From my experience a single 1.5 ton DC inverter AC on upper portion increases 400 units in bill when running for around 17 hours a day. For regular ACs expect 600-700 extra units.

[sk_cooldayz]

Switch to DC inverter ACs. or if you are owner of your house, get solar system installed on bank financing. electricity rates are going higher Solar can save you in long run. Best choice for home owners. A 5 year financing with Net metering system will pay back the money within 5 years.

[s15]

Overbilled, probably due to very fast meter. It cannot be 1300 units.

17 hours AC usage daily. 17x30=510 hours of ac usage per month.

Now if they are non inverter and not in healthy state (not serviced or improper gas charge), it will run continuously at peak power (7-10 amp) and will consume around 1.75 units per units in worst case scenario (full power throughout).

510 hours x 1.75 = 892 units out of 1300 units.

Still not possible, because non inverter runs at full power for first hour and then keep cycling on and off in continuous use (if in healthy state) and achievs about 3.5-5A average pretty easily (0.75-1 unit per hour) and even lower if properly maintained.

Switching to inverter will bring some benefits, but your meter is very fast, faster than it should.

We checked multiple healthy non inverter and inverter with advanced power analysers/monitors that recorded the average consumption, even a healthy non inverter consumes average 0.7-0.8 units on continuous use (day+night) and a non inverter consumes (0.5-0.6 units).

[shaikhrulez]

For anyone, who would like to calculate his approximate K-electric Bill, download the attached file from my google drive and enter units consumed in sheets with the name 'UNITS'

It'll will calculate your approximate bill along with government duties.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bmltASUBs2LzwMdPH_177WnY0XdI-FG5

[kashik87]

Thanks for your feedback.

Yes we have an independent meter and this is a new meter and electricity connection we did just 2 years back so I really doubt it has something to do with leakage because if it were leakage then throughout the year I should have received high bills but year round the bills were never above Rs: 3000.

[kashik87]

Sir, that is what I am concerned about.

How could the usage jump from 300 to 1300 units.

Yes we have used Acs but we have used them very sensibly keeping the temperature around 27 and usually after 2-3 hours use the Acs are shut for 1-2 hours so the estimate of avg use that I gave was just my estimate and there have been days when the Acs were not even used because the weather was somewhat bearable.

Now these are the new digital meters and these were installed just 2 years ago so I am thinking about complaining them about the excessive billing but I really doubt anything would happen. Because I had previously received a bill of around 20,000 some 2 years back which was because the meter guy did not took reading for like 3 months and when we came he took a combined reading and 1000 unites were billed to me. After many visits to the Kelectric office and written complaints they reduced the bill slightly and gave me installments. So there a law of the jungle here and I dont have much hopes from K-electric to rectify it.

[kashik87]

Some members have provided me with bill breakup but attached is the actual breakup of the billing and you could see based on slabs how much higher these people are now charging.

[paladin]

I also got a bill of 24,000 last month. But I live in a 800 yards house, 2 stories and no A/C in use. Plus, the first floor is under construction. Everyone in my neighbourhood got the same bill hike.

[hash4u]

New meters run fast compared to older ones
New meter HV off peak on peak rates
Meter reader skip reading for months at times n send estimated bills. When they cm to actual reading owners get huge bills

Plus electricity is very expensive in Madina ki riyasat. I know people still in shock of winter gas bills. Electricity bills wld b the new surprise for all

[elxlr]

Once we used 1000 units. Bill was 19000+.

And remember. Peak hours units rate is different than normal hours. So stop using heavy things during peak hours be it iron microwave etc. AC.

Ur bill is justified.

[khurem]

You have to be mindful now of running AC or other heavy load appliances like Iron or Microwave during 6:30 to 10:30 PM peak time. Limit your electricity usage at the minimum during those time. It will have a massive difference in the final bill.

[kashik87]

Sir with every passing day this naya Pakistan is becoming more and more unbearable for us old Pakistanis.

[capsat]

I live in a portion house

do you have an idependent meter.

if answer is yes - is it connected through a common DB box for all 3 portions
if the answer is yes - check for a loop-in for your feeder wire via DB box.
if the DB Box have your section's independent breaker. SHUT it down & see if meter is counting.

• if the answer to all 3 above is not -

then its a combined bill for all 3 portions and only you are the consumer of maximum units.

[kashik87]

Yes I have an independent meter.
Yes its connected through a Common DB
checking for loop in feeder wire not really sure how to do that.

[kashik87]

Just wanted to share an update.

I have spoken with around 3 people from around my area who have received extremely high bills for the last month just as mine. One gentleman received Rs:59000 for the month of may and has two 1.5 tons at his house. So it looks like K-electric has dumped some extra charges on our area due to which many people have received pretty high bills.

[capsat]

if there's a katchi abadi in 1km distance of your location, all the PMTS of such locations are dumped with 30% extra units in addition to normal consumption. check the date of your meter reading and the current reading - divide by number of days and you get avg consumption per day.

The digital meters are dumped with extra units remotely during 2 am to 5 am many people shared such sim loaded KE meters over social networks. Not my personal experience.

[rajaahmed96]

In Islamabad we have TOU meter of IESCO in my house its a 3phase meter both separate for ground and first floor, these also run fast and rates get double from 6PM to 6AM. Have received bills upto 41k till last summer season, lets see how much we get it this time. As the electricity rates are also increased by this govt.

[capsat]

• done edited - Thanx for the Caution

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