Jhatpat connection: UPPCL new connection charges and how to apply

Jhatpat connection charges for a home: the four parts

UPERC's Cost Data Book fixes one set of charges for every power company in Uttar Pradesh; UPPCL calls it the Cost Data Book-2026, in force from 12 January 2026. Your estimate and receipt must show all four parts separately.

Lifeline means a 1 kW home connection for Antyodaya ration card holders, or people who declare themselves lifeline consumers and stay within the tariff's lifeline limits.

• Processing fee: paid with the application. It is not refunded or adjusted.
• Security deposit: money the power company holds against unpaid bills. It earns interest at the RBI bank rate and is refundable. The table is the minimum; if your use grows, the power company can ask for more, enough to cover 45 days of bills, after a notice.
• Metering charge: the meter, its box and the fitting work. For single phase it includes ₹1,000 of the smart meter; the rest comes as ₹84 a month on the bill.
• Supply affording charge: your share of the cost of bringing the line to you. It rises with distance from the nearest power line.
• What you buy yourself: the armoured service cable from the pole to your meter (up to 50 metres; for 50 metres the book prices it at ₹2,900 for a home up to 2 kW, and at 3 or 4 kW at ₹3,250 single phase or ₹3,750 three phase), the meter board and an MCB (a safety switch). Without the MCB, the connection is not switched on.

UPERC Cost Data Book, 31 December 2025: one set of charges, chapter 1 para 6; four parts shown separately, para 9; processing fee, page 5; security and interest, pages 7 to 9, notes 1 to 3 and 12; metering and supply affording charges, page 10; smart meter split, page 14, note 3(e); what you provide, page 14, notes 3(f) and 3(h), and pages 23 to 25; UPPCL letter no. 54 of 9 Jan 2026 on the Cost Data Book-2026 (Hindi), items 4(c) and 11.

How to apply for a Jhatpat connection online

1. Open the Jhatpat portal. On uppcl.org it is the link Apply for New Electricity Connection.
2. Choose New user and register with your name, date of birth, e-mail and mobile number. This mobile becomes your registered number for SMS updates.
3. Your user ID and password come by SMS. Log in with them, or with the OTP sent to your mobile, and never share that OTP with anyone.
4. Fill in your personal and connection details, and upload your documents.
5. Pay the processing fee online. Your application then goes to your sub-division office.

Next, the power company inspects the site, with you and your licensed electrician present. It then sends a demand note, the bill for the remaining charges.

UPPCL Jhatpat FAQ (Hindi), page 1, Q3 to Q5; UPPCL Jhatpat portal, read 31 Oct 2026; inspection: UP Electricity Supply Code, 2005 (consolidated up to the 3rd amendment), clause 4.5.

Documents for a new UPPCL connection

This is the list in PVVNL's applicant FAQ for the Jhatpat portal. PVVNL is one of UPPCL's five power companies, so check the upload page for anything extra your own company asks for.

• A photo and one ID proof: Aadhaar, driving licence, PAN card, passport, ration card or voter ID.
• Proof of the house: the registry (sale deed), an allotment letter, a house tax receipt or a rent agreement. The Supply Code also accepts a partition deed, a succession certificate, a will, a power of attorney, a lease deed or the latest rent receipt.
• If you rent: the owner's NOC (no objection certificate) or an indemnity bond.
• A wiring certificate (the B&L form) from a licensed electrical contractor. For a home, a self-declaration is accepted instead; its format is on the upload page.
• A BPL card, if you are in the BPL (below poverty line) category.

If a law needs a local authority NOC for your building, add it. If the ownership is in court, add a copy of the court's order.

PVVNL, FAQ for Jhatpat connection applicants; UP Electricity Supply Code, 2005 (consolidated up to the 3rd amendment), clause 4.4(a)(i) to (vi), with Annexures 4.2 to 4.4.

How many days does a Jhatpat new connection take?

• Inspection: the acknowledgement of a complete application gives an inspection date, not later than 10 days in an area that already has power.
• Demand note: within 10 working days of the inspection. You then have 7 working days to pay.
• Power on: within 7 working days of paying, if no new pole or underground cable is needed. Where the line must be extended, clause 4.8 of the Supply Code sets longer times.

UPPCL has told its power companies to follow these Supply Code times for homes within 300 metres in areas that already have power. The central government's Rights of Consumers rules, amended in 2024, also set times for a new connection: 3 days in metropolitan areas, 7 days in other municipal areas and 15 days in rural areas (30 days in hilly rural areas).

If your connection is late, call 1912 and keep the complaint number. If that does not settle it, complain to the CGRF, UPPCL's consumer grievance forum, at UPPCL CGRF complaint portal. See UPPCL complaint for each step.

UPERC's rules list compensation for each day of delay, from ₹50 to ₹500 a day: ₹100 where supply can be given from the existing network, ₹250 where the network has to be extended and ₹500 where a substation has to be built. You have to claim it; it is not paid automatically, and not at all if you have bills unpaid for more than 30 days.

UP Electricity Supply Code, 2005 (consolidated up to the 3rd amendment), clauses 4.4(c), 4.7(a), (b) and (f), and 4.8; UPPCL letter no. 54 of 9 Jan 2026 on the Cost Data Book-2026 (Hindi), item 5(k); PIB, Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Amendment Rules, 2024, 23 Feb 2024; UPERC Standards of Performance Regulations, 2019, clauses 8.1 and 16.6, and Schedule III.

Why ₹84 a month for the meter, and should you pay it upfront?

Every new connection gets a smart meter, and UPPCL says never to pay cash to any worker or agency for one. A single-phase smart meter costs ₹2,800; you pay ₹1,000 of it upfront and the rest as ₹84 a month on your bill for 24 months.

The monthly route adds up to ₹3,016, which is ₹216 more than paying ₹2,800 at once, because the instalments include interest. Paying it all with the application raises a 2 kW city home's upfront total from ₹4,155 to ₹5,955, with nothing added to your bills.

UPPCL's smart meter FAQ says new connections are given postpaid, with a monthly bill. For what else changed with smart meters, see UPPCL smart meter.

UPERC Cost Data Book, 31 December 2025, page 14, note 3(d) and 3(e), and pages 23 and 24 (Annexures 2 and 2A); UPPCL Smart Post-paid Meter FAQ, 27 May 2026 (Hindi), Q5 and Q23.

Single phase or three phase, and how many kW?

Single phase is the normal supply for a small home; three phase is a heavier supply for big loads such as motors.

Below 3 kW the connection is single phase. At 3 or 4 kW you can choose single or three phase, and from 5 kW it is three phase.

The kW you choose is your sanctioned load, the most power you may draw at one time. Your bill carries a fixed charge for each kW every month, so do not ask for more than you need. See the fixed charge for your load in the UPPCL bill calculator.

UPERC Cost Data Book, 31 December 2025, page 17, note 14; fixed charge per kW: UPERC Tariff Order for the State Discoms, 2 Jul 2026 (FY 2026-27), home rates, pages 417 to 422.

What if your house is far from the power line?

The distance is measured along the shortest wire route from the nearest power line. Within 300 metres you pay only the fixed supply affording charge for your distance band, with no separate line estimate, even if a line has to be built.

Beyond 300 metres you pay the amount in the book or the actual estimate, whichever is higher. For a 2 kW home that is at least ₹3,500, against ₹1,500 within 100 metres.

This rule does not cover colonies that are not yet developed or have no power. Upgrading the nearest line is the power company's job, at no cost to you.

UPERC Cost Data Book, 31 December 2025, page 10; page 11, note 1; page 15, note 4(b).

Shops, farm tube wells, flats and temporary connections

Jhatpat takes homes at any load, and shops, industry, institutions, temporary connections and EV charging up to 20 kW. Above 20 kW, shops and industry apply on Nivesh Mitra, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

A private tube well (farm pump) connection has its own application, UPPCL: New Electricity Connection for Private Tube Well. Builders of flats and colonies apply separately for bulk load; uppcl.org lists it as its own link. For a flat in a multi-storey building, the book charges no supply affording charge, only the metering charge besides the processing fee and security; the Supply Code's rules for such buildings also apply.

A temporary connection, for building work for example, pays 40% more security than a permanent one.

UPPCL Jhatpat FAQ (Hindi), page 1, Q1 and Q2; links on uppcl.org, read 31 Oct 2026; UPERC Cost Data Book, 31 December 2025, page 8, note 7 to chapter 4; flats, page 15, note 4(h).

What some pages say, and what the rules say

Claims seen on websites and in search results in October 2026, summarised in our words.

Questions people ask

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Sources

1. UPERC Cost Data Book, 31 December 2025. Chapter 1 paras 6, 8 and 9; processing fee, page 5; security, pages 7 to 9; metering and supply affording charges, pages 10 and 11; smart meter and line rules, pages 14 to 17; worked example, page 19; Annexures 2 and 2A, pages 23 and 24. The Jhatpat portal links the same file as the amount to deposit.
2. UPPCL letter no. 54 of 9 Jan 2026 on the Cost Data Book-2026 (Hindi): items 2, 4(c), 5(k) and 11.
3. UPPCL Jhatpat portal and UPPCL Jhatpat FAQ (Hindi), page 1, read 31 Oct 2026.
4. PVVNL, FAQ for Jhatpat connection applicants: documents.
5. UPPCL: New Electricity Connection for Private Tube Well and UPPCL CGRF complaint portal, linked from uppcl.org, read 31 Oct 2026.
6. UP Electricity Supply Code, 2005 (consolidated up to the 3rd amendment): clauses 4.4, 4.5, 4.7 and 4.8.
7. UPERC Standards of Performance Regulations, 2019: clause 16.6 and Schedule III.
8. PIB, Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Amendment Rules, 2024, 23 Feb 2024.
9. UPPCL Smart Post-paid Meter FAQ, 27 May 2026 (Hindi): Q5 and Q23.
10. Nivesh Mitra, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

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