Electricity Cost & Prepaid Units Calculator

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Amounts stay in this browser. Do not enter a token, meter number, address, phone number or payment reference.

Money → prepaid units Units → bill

Country Priority markets are listed; unsupported markets switch to local custom-rate mode. Provider (when available) Provider selection is automatic when only one verified schedule is maintained. Customer class Use the class shown on the account, bill, token receipt or utility notice. The calculator does not infer eligibility. Purchase amount Enter the money paid for the token; do not enter a token or meter number.

Receipt deductions (%) Optional VAT, levy or percentage deduction shown on the receipt. Fixed receipt deductions (UGX) Optional arrears, debt recovery or fixed vending deduction.

Immediate tariff examples

These crawlable examples use the same maintained records as the calculator and make the class assumptions explicit.

Uganda standard: UGX 10,000

At UEDCL’s Q3 2026 domestic standard rate of UGX 779.4/kWh, UGX 10,000 buys about 12.83 kWh before receipt-specific deductions.

Uganda lifeline: 30 kWh

For an eligible UEDCL lifeline account, the first 15 kWh at UGX 250 and the next 15 kWh at UGX 779.4 total about UGX 15,441.

Tanzania D1: 100 kWh

For a TANESCO D1 account, 75 kWh at TZS 100 plus 25 kWh at TZS 350 totals TZS 16,250.

Coverage and limitations

Automatic at release

Uganda: UEDCL Q3 2026 domestic standard, eligible domestic lifeline and commercial average classes. Tanzania: TANESCO D1 low-usage domestic and T1 general-use classes from EWURA’s published schedule.

Custom-rate only

Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal are not auto-calculated until exact current provider/class schedules are parsed and reviewed. A regulator homepage or national benchmark is not enough.

Actual bills and token receipts may include taxes, levies, fixed charges, minimum charges, arrears, debt recovery, meter corrections or time-of-use pricing. Enter receipt deductions where known and verify the result before paying or disputing a charge.

Need to compare a meter reading with a bill? Need to estimate appliance usage first?

Electricity tariff questions

How many prepaid electricity units will I get?

Choose the country, provider and customer class, then enter the purchase amount. Actual units can differ when a receipt includes deductions not entered here.

Why is my country not calculated automatically?

Automatic estimates need an exact official provider-and-class schedule plus a passing validity and freshness check. Use a current local rate when that evidence is missing.

Is this an official bill or token receipt?

No. It is a planning estimate. Confirm the result with the regulator or utility schedule and your actual receipt.