Estimate your Puducherry bill
Bill breakdown
Puducherry residential slabs & charges (2026-27)
| DISCOM | Slab rates (₹/unit) | Fixed | FAC | Scheme |
|---|
Puducherry bill — quick answers
Is there a free slab in Puducherry?
No standalone free-slab currently; the friendly ₹2.90 opening band does the work. Keep the toggle on only if your circle runs a scheme.
Does the 100-unit band really help?
Very — 100 units at flat ₹2.90 keeps the average low. Crossing 200 into ₹4.20 and 300 into ₹6.20 is where bills start to bite.
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Puducherry electricity bill calculator — how your bijli bill is built
The Electricity Department of Puducherry bills the union territory's four regions — Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe — on JERC slabs of ₹2.90 (0–100), ₹4.20 (101–200), ₹6.20 (201–300), ₹7.70 (301–400) and ₹7.90 (401+) per unit, with a ₹35/kW monthly fixed charge, 5% electricity duty and a monthly variable FPPCA line (not modelled here).
The UT-wide ladder (Table 9-2 of the JERC FY 2026-27 tariff order, 4th MYT control period) is uniform across the scattered territories, so one estimate works for all four regions.
Example: your Puducherry bill for 250 units
Take a Puducherry household using 250 units in one month on Electricity Dept Puducherry. The telescopic energy charge is 100 × ₹2.9 + 100 × ₹4.2 + 50 × ₹6.2 = ₹1020.00. Add the fixed charge (₹70.00), FAC (₹0.00) and electricity duty (₹54.50) — that gives a gross bill of ₹1144.50. With no subsidy in this state, ₹1144.50 is your payable.
Here is the same 250 units across every DISCOM in Puducherry — useful when your board's name differs from the common one:
| DISCOM | Energy | Fixed | FAC | Duty | Subsidy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity Dept Puducherry | ₹1020.00 | ₹70.00 | ₹0.00 | ₹54.50 | — | ₹1144.50 |
Does Puducherry offer a free-unit scheme?
Puducherry currently bills without a domestic free-unit subsidy, so the calculator's checkbox stays off and no green deduction line appears. That is tariff design, not an error — the energy charge is collected in full and the fixed charge, FAC and duty apply on top. If the state announces a scheme, we add it to the data and the toggle lights up automatically.
Puducherry tariff details — live data
The table below is generated from the same data the calculator uses, so what you see here is exactly what is charged. Looking for the per-unit electricity price in The slab column IS your per-unit rate — each rate applies only to the units inside its own slab range.
| DISCOM | Slabs | Fixed charge | FAC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity Dept Puducherry | 1–100 @ ₹2.9, 101–200 @ ₹4.2, 201–300 @ ₹6.2, 301–400 @ ₹7.7, 401–above 401 @ ₹7.9 | ₹35/kW load | ₹0/unit |
Remember: in telescopic billing each slab rate applies only to the units inside its range. Many websites multiply one rate by total units — that is wrong and overstates bills. This calculator, like your DISCOM, adds slab by slab.
4 practical ways to lower your Puducherry bill
- The first 100 units at ₹2.90 are the cheapest power in the UT — protect that band with LED and efficient fans.
- Crossing 200 units pushes the rate to ₹6.20 — the geyser and AC are the usual culprits.
- Puducherry has no free-units scheme; 5% duty on top makes every saved unit worth 5% more.
- Use the reading mode to double-check each cycle — the five-slab ladder is easy to audit by hand.
Quick questions about Puducherry bills
Who regulates Puducherry's power?
JERC (Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for Union Territories) under the Electricity Department; the current tariff is Table 9-2 of the FY 2026-27 order (4th MYT control period).
Is there a free-unit scheme?
No — Puducherry offers no domestic free-unit subsidy; relief is capped at the low ₹2.90 first slab.
Does the tariff differ between Karaikal and Puducherry?
No — the same UT-wide ladder applies to all four territories.
What are the fixed charge and duty?
₹35/kW of sanctioned load per month and 5% electricity duty; a monthly FPPCA also appears on official bills.
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