200 Units Electricity Bill (LESCO 2026)

The 200-unit protected ceiling

200 units is the single most important threshold in the LESCO residential tariff. Stay at or below it for 6 consecutive months and you keep the subsidised protected slab plus a full GST exemption. Cross it — even by one unit — and the entire connection is shifted to the non-protected tariff from the next bill, GST reappears at 17%, and every slab jumps to the higher price band. A 200 units electricity bill is therefore the maximum a protected household can consume without losing the subsidy.

What lands you at exactly 200 units

A typical 200-unit LESCO household has: 8–10 LED bulbs used 5 hours a day, one refrigerator, three ceiling fans running during summer daylight, an LED TV for 4–5 hours and light washing-machine use two or three times a week. Add an inverter AC used for even one hour daily and you will usually cross into the third slab — see the non-protected users page for the higher tariff that then applies.

Stay under 200 to keep the subsidy

• Move any electric water heater or immersion rod to gas / instant geyser.
• Set AC (if used) to 26°C and only for the hottest 2–3 hours of the day.
• Run the washing machine and iron during off-peak hours (before 6 pm).
• Keep the fridge at least 5 cm off the wall — poor ventilation adds 10–15 units.
• Use our appliance calculator to plan exactly which loads you can afford.

Related pages

Compare with the smaller 100 units bill, read the full protected users guide, or use the LESCO bill calculator to model any unit count.