Generator Bill Checker
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See what your generator bill should be at this month's official tariff — and check whether you're being overcharged.
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See what your generator bill should be at this month's official tariff — and check whether you're being overcharged.
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Like the rest of Lebanon, the village runs on a neighbourhood diesel generator when the state grid is off, on a subscription priced by amperage. The Ministry of Energy and Water sets a maximum price each month. Put in what you used and see what the bill should be — and check whether you are being charged over the official ceiling.
Read it off your generator meter, or from the kWh figure on your last bill.
Official maximum for July 2026
LBP 7,108,150
$79.24 at the official rate
a month
In fresh dollars, at the official exchange rate.
This is the legal maximum the Ministry of Energy and Water set for July 2026. The tariff changes every month with diesel prices — check the latest below.
The ministry’s table could not be read just now, so this is the last figure we checked by hand — the tariff for July 2026. The links below have the current one.
Enter what your operator actually charges to compare it with the official maximum.
Leave blank if your operator charges no fixed fee.
Enter your operator’s per-kWh rate above to compare.
A calculator, not advice
Each month the Ministry of Energy and Water publishes a maximum the generator can charge per kilowatt-hour, tied to the price of diesel, plus the fixed monthly fee for your amperage. An operator may charge less than the ceiling, but charging more is against the rules.
Source: Ministry of Energy and Water monthly tariff (July 2026), checked 5 August 2026 (3 weeks ago).
The ministry sets two per-kilowatt-hour rates. The lower one is for subscribers in cities and dense built-up areas below 700 metres. The higher one — about 10% more — is for subscribers in villages, in spread-out areas, or above 700 metres; any one of those three is enough to put you in the higher band. Mazraat El Mechref sits at about 395 metres, but it is a village of scattered houses, so the higher rate is the ceiling that applies here. For July 2026 that is 44,821 LBP per kilowatt-hour, against 40,746 in the towns. The fixed monthly fee for each amperage is the same in both bands.
Source: Ministry of Energy and Water monthly tariff (July 2026), checked 5 August 2026 (3 weeks ago).
LBP 44,821 per kWh
Official maximum for July 2026
$0.50 per kWh in fresh dollars