QESCO peak hours — 7:00–– summer, 6:00–– winter
Quetta Electric Supply Company follows NEPRA's Time-of-Use tariff schedule. If your QESCO meter is TOU-enabled, moving your top three loads out of the peak block below will drop the energy-charge line by 20–35% within one billing cycle.
QESCO TOU windows (FY 2025–26)
| Season | Peak window | Off-peak (all other hours) | Typical rate gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer (Apr–Oct) | 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm | All remaining 20 hours | Rs. 44–48 vs Rs. 30–34/unit |
| Winter (Nov–Mar) | 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm | All remaining 20 hours | Rs. 44–48 vs Rs. 30–34/unit |
Windows are the standard NEPRA-notified TOU periods for QESCO. Always confirm on your latest bill's tariff line — regional variations exist for TESCO tribal-district feeders and coastal-belt feeders in HESCO/SEPCO/QESCO.
Region served: All of Balochistan
Quetta Electric Supply Company covers All of Balochistan. Peak-hour tariffs apply uniformly across the entire $QESCO licence area — there is no city-level variation within a DISCO.
Load-shifting playbook for QESCO customers
- Air conditioners — pre-cool before 7:00 pm, then raise the setpoint by 2°C during peak. Every 1°C saves ~6% of the AC's kWh.
- Electric geyser / water heating — run overnight for morning use; a 2 kW geyser for 2 hours off-peak instead of peak saves ~Rs. 60 per day on TOU.
- Washing machine, dishwasher, iron — delay to after 11:00 pm. Set the machine timer the night before.
- Motors, pumps, welders — the single biggest lever for A-2 / B-2 tariffs; shifting a 10 kW motor by 2 hours saves Rs. 260–300 per day.
- EV charging — configure the charger to start after 11:00 pm.
Worked example — QESCO TOU household
A $All of Balochistan household with a 1.5-ton AC (1.8 kW) runs it 4 hours a day. If those hours fall inside 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, the AC pulls 7.2 units at Rs. 44–48/unit = Rs. 317/day. Moving 2 of those hours to off-peak drops the cost to Rs. 234/day — a saving of Rs. 2,490 per month before FPA and taxes (which scale with energy charges too).