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Smart Meter Update: In Uttar Pradesh, all electricity consumers will start getting regular electricity bills from June 2026. This also includes those consumers in whose homes prepaid smart meters have already been installed. Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited is continuously informing people about this change.

According to the Electricity Department, in the first 10 days of June, electricity bills will be made available to consumers through SMS, WhatsApp and UPPCL app. However, for this it is necessary that your prepaid meter has shifted to postpaid mode.

Message not received? check the meter yourself

After converting prepaid meter to postpaid, consumers are being informed by sending messages. But if you have not received any such message, then you can easily check its status on your meter itself.

For this you will have to press the button on the meter repeatedly. Different information will appear on the display, including whether the meter is in prepaid or postpaid mode.

How to find out whether the meter is postpaid or not

If you want to know whether your smart meter has been converted to postpaid or not, follow the steps given below:

• Continuously press the button given on the electricity meter.
• Every time you press the button, different information will appear on the screen.
• Keep watching the display carefully.
• When ‘Postpaid’ or ‘Prepaid’ appears on the screen, the status of the meter will be known from that.
• If ‘Postpaid’ appears on the screen, it means that your meter has shifted to postpaid mode.

How to get electricity bill now?

According to UPPCL, consumers who have smart prepaid meters installed will also start getting normal electricity bills from June 2026.

After this change, the need to recharge the smart meter will end. Electricity bill will be sent to consumers through SMS on their registered mobile number.

Apart from this, consumers will also be able to check their electricity bill through WhatsApp, UPPCL app and other payment apps. By entering the customer ID, both bill information and payment can be done.

Keep these things in mind

• To get electricity bill from June 2026, the meter must be in postpaid mode.
• If your meter has not yet been shifted to postpaid, you can call the 1912 helpline.
• You can lodge a complaint on this number.
• The facility of complaint sitting at home is also available through UPPCL app.
• Electricity bill can be paid through UPPCL app and other payment apps.