How I can Calculate and Read My BESCOM Bills?

Living at a metropolitan city like Bengaluru is quite expensive and while watching your electricity bills you could be wondering some time that why your bills are increasing every month. It’s really important to know why it is happening again and again and know how you can save on your electricity bills.

KERC (Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission), fix the tariffs which are different for every consumer category.

We all need a clean and reliable source of energy with long-term savings. Here are few insights which can help us all to understand our BESCOM electricity bills.

If you are looking for your BESCOM bill for Residential usage then here are few things which you need to consider.

A Residential User BESCOM bill:

1. Revenue Register Number (RR Number): It is a Unique ID of Meter which is installed by BESCOM.
2. Tariff Category: There are different categories established with different electricity rates by BESCOM.

For residential consumers, the category is LT (Low Tension) 2 a (i)

And for commercial consumers, the category is LT (Low Tension) 3 a (i).

1. Sanctioned Load: It is the maximum amount of load demanded from your households when you connect all the appliances. You need to apply for the correct sanctioned load for your house. It allows you to use a proper amount of energy and avoid paying penalty for heavy load demand.
2. Cumulative Readings: Many times you get confused when you look for meter readings. So, in order to calculate the meter readings and consumptions, you can watch your previous readings in the devices. To calculate the total amount you have to follow the basic method of checking current reading and previous reading of a month and generate the bill.
3. Consumption: For actual reading and consumption you can look at bold and large numbers, the units of electricity in Kilo-Watt Hours that you are charged based on the tariffs and the slab in which you come. No of units are multiplied by a constant that varies on different sanctioned loads.

There is a fixed tariff rate for Residential users and you can look at the second half of the bills for the same:

1. Fixed Charges: You can see in the Fixed Charges box for fixed a nominal charge per KW the sanctioned load for a residential segment by KERC.
2. Slab Rates: All the residential users who are categorized by KERC according to sanctioned load are charged under their slab rates. These Tariff Slab Rates are decided by the KERC and the basis of respective slab rates you are charged depending on the units consumed. So you need to aware of your slab.
3. Final Amount: At the end after adding tax, penalties which are fixed by your State Government, you will see the final payable amount which is printed on your BESCOM Electricity Bill.

You have been aware and need to understand the importance of energy usage either you are a residential or commercial consumer. By following few basics you can save yourself from paying extra units while paying your BESCOM Bills.

BESCOM has taken a great initiative to provide a rebate for the consumers who have installed Solar Heaters in their home. A user will get the benefit of saving Rs. 50 from their monthly electricity bills.

There is one smartest way by which you can save a lot every time you, i.e. if you do it BESCOM Bill Payment online at TalkCharge. Here you can get heavy discounts and an assured cashback on all your BESCOM Online Bill Payment.

By switching off appliances or vampire appliances at home when not needed you can reduce your electricity bills.

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