What is fuel surcharge?
A fuel surcharge passes changes in the discom's fuel and power purchase cost to your bill between tariff orders. Also called fuel cost adjustment, power purchase cost adjustment, fuel and power purchase surcharge.
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Fuel surcharge on your bill
Power purchase cost changes every month. A fuel surcharge passes the change to consumers without a new tariff order.
States use different names: FAC, FPPAS, FPPCA, MVCA, FSA and others. The idea is the same.
It is shown as a separate line. It can be per unit or a percentage, and it can be negative.
The Electricity Act lets a commission change tariffs more than once a year only through a fuel surcharge formula.
Check the current figure on your discom's or regulator's notice. The fuel-surcharge page lists the figures we read.
Fuel surcharge in each state
| State or UT | Name on the bill | Latest figure we hold |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | FPPCA | APEPDCL is charging FPPCA of Rs 0.3961 a unit on October 2026 bills (for July 2026), on all categories. APSPDCL and APCPDCL work out their own figures, which we could not read yet, so it is not added for every AP home. |
| Assam | FPPPA | Rs 0.17 a unit (October 2026 bills, from the approved June 2026 to March 2027 schedule) |
| Bihar | FPPAS | Bihar’s FPPAS was negative (a reduction) through 2025-26, for example −5.35% for August 2025; no 2026-27 computation has been published. |
| Chhattisgarh | FPPAS | CSPDCL charges FPPAS on energy charges and posted a new FPPAS file on 30 September 2026, but it contains only the supporting power purchase bills, not the percentage. |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | FPPCA | DNHDDPCL publishes its FPPCA computation online, but the page was down when checked on 14 October 2026. |
| Delhi | FPPAS | BRPL is charging FPPAS at 10% on bills from 1 to 31 October 2026 (for power bought in August 2026). BYPL’s page still shows 17.43%, which DERC allowed for one month from 10 August 2026, and TPDDL has not posted an October notice. The notices do not say what the percentage is charged on, so it is not added. |
| Goa | FPPCA | 12.819% (levied on August 2026 consumption) |
| Gujarat | FPPAS | GUVNL’s FPPAS from 1 July 2026 (Rs 2.45 a unit plus 3.99%) is already in the calculation. |
| Haryana | FPPAS | UHBVN (north Haryana) is charging FPPAS of 47 paise a unit “till further order”, except agricultural consumers; non-agricultural consumers using less than 200 units a month are exempt (UHBVN Sales Circular U-09/2026, 19 June 2026). DHBVN’s own circular (D-38/2024) ran to March 2026 and it has not published a continuation, so the calculator does not add it. If your bill shows FPPAS, enter it under “Monthly charges from your bill”. |
| Himachal Pradesh | FPPAS | HPSEBL issues a monthly FPPAS order, but the latest posted is for March 2026 consumption (order of 30 May 2026). Nothing newer is published. |
| Jammu & Kashmir | FPPCA | The JERC (J&K and Ladakh) tariff order of 20 August 2026 sets a monthly FPPCA formula, but JPDCL and KPDCL have not published a figure. |
| Jharkhand | FPPPA | JBVNL charges a monthly FPPPA as a percentage of energy charges, but the latest rate it has posted is for January 2026. |
| Karnataka | FPPCA | Each ESCOM sets its own figure for October 2026 bills: BESCOM −34 p a unit (a reduction), MESCOM +24 p, HESCOM −10 p, CESC Mysore +25 p (CESC order of 30 September 2026). GESCOM had published only up to September 2026 bills. The calculator does not ask which ESCOM you are in, so it is not added. |
| Kerala | Fuel surcharge | Rs 0.03 a unit (bills in October 2026 (for August 2026)) |
| Madhya Pradesh | FPPAS | 5.063% (bills for one month from 24 September 2026) |
| Maharashtra | FAC | MSEDCL’s residential FAC for September 2026 (Rs 0.25 / 0.50 / 0.65 / 0.70 a unit by slab) is already in the calculation. |
| Meghalaya | FPPAS | MePDCL bills a monthly FPPAS. The latest published figure is +16.82% for March 2026 bills; nothing for 2026-27 has been posted. |
| Puducherry | FPPCA | The Electricity Department’s FPPCA page still lists 2023-24 rates (domestic 25 to 40 paise a unit), and JERC’s true-up order of 14 May 2026 records that FPPCA was not implemented in 2024-25. No current figure to add. |
| Punjab | FPPAS | PSERC’s tariff conditions allow a monthly FPPAS on top of energy charges, but PSPCL has not published a current figure. |
| Rajasthan | Regulatory surcharge (includes FPPAS) | Rajasthan’s regulatory surcharge, which includes FPPAS (Rs 0.70 a unit up to 100 units, Rs 1.00 above), is already in the calculation. |
| Tamil Nadu | None | Tamil Nadu’s tariff order has no monthly fuel surcharge for homes; tariffs are revised once a year instead. |
| Telangana | True-up charge | No monthly fuel surcharge is being added in Telangana. A separate true-up recovery starts with November 2026 bills; it depends on each home’s past use, so the calculator does not add it. |
| Uttar Pradesh | FPPAS | UPPCL’s FPPAS for October 2026 bills is −5.24%, a reduction, for all categories (UPPCL letter No. 501/RAU/IC, 29 September 2026). The letter does not say what the percentage is charged on, so it is not added; you can enter −5.24 under “Monthly charges from your bill”. |
| Uttarakhand | FPPCA | Rs 0.35 a unit (October 2026 consumption) |
| West Bengal | MVCA | WBSEDCL recovers fuel cost changes through MVCA, but its MVCA page has not posted a figure since January 2022. Nothing current to add. |
From each discom’s or regulator’s latest notice. The fuel surcharge page has the source for each state.
Related terms
Official sources
- Electricity Act, 2003 (as amended; copy hosted by the Tripura High Court), s.62(4)
“No tariff or part of any tariff may ordinarily be amended, more frequently than once in any financial year” - Tamil Nadu Tax on Consumption or Sale of Electricity Act, 2003 (Bill text with Statement of Objects and Reasons, Government of Tamil Nadu), s.2(8) 'gross charge'
“the aggregate amount of energy charge, fuel surcharge and other charges, if any, made by the licensee”
Read on 17 October 2026. Your State regulator’s rules and your discom’s bill have the final word.