Haryana industrial electricity tariff: HT and LT supply.

Who this page covers

Haryana has two distribution companies on one tariff, set by the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC): UHBVN (Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, the north) and DHBVN (Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, the south, including Gurugram and Faridabad).

• HT supply: industry and non-domestic supply above 50 kW, in one category. Existing LT connections of 50 to 70 kW were moved into it.
• LT supply: the same kinds of supply up to 50 kW, priced by connected load.

HERC’s tariff order of 25 March 2026 kept the 2025-26 rates unchanged for 2026-27, billed from 1 April 2026. Both DISCOMs issued the same tariff schedule.

HT supply rates

The fixed charge is on the sanctioned contract demand, not on the maximum demand, so it is the same every month. There is no minimum monthly charge: fixed charges replaced it. Arc furnaces and rolling mills at 33 kV and above pay the normal rate for their voltage.

LT supply rates

The band is set by connected load, and the whole month’s units are billed at that band’s rate. The fixed charge is per kW of connected load or part of it, so 15.5 kW pays for 16 kW.

The surcharge above 110% of contract demand

From 29 July 2026, HERC’s Supply Code amendment changed what an HT consumer pays when maximum demand goes above contract demand. The surcharge is not on the extra kVA. It is a percentage of the charges for the total sale of power in that month.

One half-hour is enough: the month’s maximum demand is a single reading. A 500 kVA plant can reach 550 kVA without a surcharge; at 551 kVA, the whole month’s bill goes up by a fifth. The MD penalty guide explains how one spike sets a month’s charge.

kVAh billing and power factor

HT and LT energy are billed in kVAh, so there is no separate power factor penalty or incentive: a low power factor raises the units themselves. A plant that uses 1,35,000 kWh at a power factor of 0.90 is billed for 1,50,000 kVAh. At 0.98 it would be billed for about 1,37,755 kVAh, about ₹85,000 less a month at ₹6.95. Where an LT meter cannot record kVAh, the bill is in kWh until a kVAh meter is fitted. The kVAh billing guide explains the difference.

Time of day: none in 2026-27

Haryana has no time-of-day charge or rebate in 2026-27. The optional night scheme of 2025-26, ₹4.25 per kVAh at 11 or 33 kV and ₹3.75 at 66 kV and above for extra units used from 10 pm to 5:30 am between November and March, ended on 31 March 2026. HERC has asked the DISCOMs for a fresh proposal, so check for a new circular before planning night shifts around it.

Per-unit charges and rebates

• FPPAS (fuel and power purchase adjustment surcharge) is 47 paise a unit, continued by UHBVN’s circular of 19 June 2026 until further orders. Consumers using under 200 units a month are exempt.
• Prepaid smart meter: a 5% rebate on the fixed and energy charges, under HERC’s prepaid smart metering regulations.
• Power tariff subsidy ended: the State’s ₹2 a unit subsidy for industries of 20 kW or less in C and D category blocks ended on 29 July 2026. UHBVN’s circular of 2 November 2026 recovers any subsidy given after that date through the bills.

Worked example: a 500 kVA plant at 11 kV

An illustrative HT plant at 11 kV with a contract demand of 500 kVA and a postpaid meter. Its maximum demand is 470 kVA, 94% of contract demand, and it uses 1,50,000 kVAh in the month.

Illustrative figures from the HERC tariff schedule. Your DISCOM may round in its own way, so check against your bill. Work out your own bill with the electricity bill calculator.

With a prepaid smart meter the same month is ₹59,375 less, at ₹11,98,625.

What one demand spike costs

Suppose the same plant has one bad half-hour, say several heavy motors restarting together after a power cut, and maximum demand reaches 560 kVA, 112% of contract demand. The fixed charge does not change, but the 20% surcharge applies to the month’s fixed and energy charges of ₹11,87,500. The bill goes from ₹12,58,000 to ₹14,95,500: ₹2,37,500 more, for one half-hour. At 580 kVA, 116%, the surcharge is 25%: ₹2,96,875.

HERC levies the surcharge on the charges for the total sale of power in the month. This example takes that as the fixed and energy charges; check how your bill applies it.

Where Haryana plants usually save

• Keep maximum demand at or below 110% of contract demand. On this plant, crossing 550 kVA for one half-hour costs ₹2,37,500.
• Keep power factor near unity. With kVAh billing, every point of power factor lost is paid for in units.
• Size contract demand to real demand. The fixed charge is on contract demand, so 50 kVA you never use costs ₹14,500 a month. Leave headroom for the 110% line.
• Reducing load is cheaper now. From 29 July 2026, an HT consumer can cut contract demand for a processing fee of at most ₹20,000 if the supply voltage does not change, and restore it within three years without service connection charges. One reduction and one restoration are allowed, each with a six-month lock-in.
• Ask about a prepaid smart meter. It takes 5% off the fixed and energy charges.

How KONDUKTOR® EMS helps

KONDUKTOR® EMS reads the multifunction meters already on your panels and shows, while the month is still running, the numbers this tariff bills you on.

• Running maximum demand against contract demand, with a warning well before the 110% line.
• Power factor for each meter, so a drop that inflates kVAh is caught the same day.
• kWh and kVAh for each meter, so you see the units a low power factor adds.
• Twelve months of maximum demand history, to size contract demand.