When we get our electricity bill, it shows that we have used a certain number of units for the specified period. When we go to buy devices, Watts is mentioned on most of them. If you find it difficult to understand the relationship between the two, you are not alone. The electricity bill and its units are confusing for many and in this article, we will try to explain what the watt, kilowatt and unit of electricity is.
Power and its units
Power is always represented in watts (W) or kilowatts (kW). One thousand (1000) watts make one kilowatt. So, if an item is 1.2 kW, it means that it consumes power at 1200 W. Now, as we discussed earlier, power is a quantity of electricity consumed, not the actual power consumption, it just represents watts or kilowatts. Hourly power consumption. This means that when you buy a 100 watt bulb, it does not consume 100 units of electricity, but consumes 100 watts.
Electricity and its units
A unit (as mentioned in electricity bills) expressed in kWh or kilowatt hour. This is the actual electricity or energy used. If you use 1000 watts or 1 kW of electricity for 1 hour, you consume 1 unit or 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity. So the reading on the power meter represents the actual electricity used.
100 x 10 = 1000 Watt-Hour = 1 Kilowatt-Hour (kWH) = 1 units (on your meter).
Unit rate below 150 unit
As per the new tariff plan post the hike, a consumer using up to 30 units of electricity per month will have to pay Rs 3.34 per unit against Rs 3.25 earlier, while those in the 32-50, 51-150 and 151-300 unit slabs will also have to pay more.
More then 300 unit rate
A consumer who uses more than 300 units a month will have to pay Rs 6.74 per per unit, against Rs 6.65 earlier. There is no hike in rates for Low Tension (LT) industrial category consumers," Tiwari said.
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