How much will I pay per month for electricity in a Beirut apartment?

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Why you pay two electricity bills#

Many Beirut flats pay two bills. One goes to Electricité du Liban (EDL), the state utility. The other goes to a private generator that covers the hours EDL does not. According to LCEC figures reported by The National, generators supplied more of Lebanon's electricity than EDL did at the start of 2026: generators 50%, EDL 31% (early 2026)^[2].

In mid-October 2026, Al-Modon reported EDL supply of 2 to 4 hours a day (October 2026)^[1,5], mainly because high oil prices cut the fuel EDL could buy. The fewer EDL hours you get, the more you lean on the generator, and the bigger that bill gets. Supply varies by day and by area, and we found no official figure by neighbourhood. More in how many hours of state electricity Lebanon gets.

The EDL bill#

Lebanon24 reported on 1 April 2026 that EDL said its tariff was unchanged: USD 0.10 per kWh for the first 100 kWh, USD 0.27 per kWh above^[6]. That report does not say whether the 100 kWh are counted per month, and it does not mention any fixed or subscription charge. We found no published figure for EDL's fixed charges.

Before you rely on the April 2026 rates, check the current tariff on EDL's own website or at an EDL customer office^[6]. A demand to raise the tariff was before the Council of Ministers on 14 October 2026^[5]. If you are abroad, ask the landlord or seller to show you a recent EDL bill so you can see what it includes. The detail is in what EDL electricity costs per kWh.

The generator bill#

On paper, a metered generator bill has two parts: a fixed monthly amount set by your amperage, plus each kWh you use times the official price^[4]. For September 2026 the fixed part was LL385,000 (5 A), LL685,000 (10 A), +LL300,000 per extra 5 A. A Beirut flat falls under the city price of LBP 52,840 per kWh^[1,4]. The ministry used a rate of LBP 89,700 per USD that month, which makes that about USD 0.59 per kWh. Check the current month's figures in the official generator tariff this month.

In practice, many operators ignore this. Meters are mandatory under a Ministry of Economy and Trade decision^[2,4]. Even so, The National reported in October 2026 that many operators charge a flat monthly rate by amperage instead, and many neither follow the tariff nor install meters^[2]. The same paper said official tariffs rose almost 60% in six months. At the top end, a 25-amp subscription in one Beirut neighbourhood cost up to USD 750 for 25 A (August 2026). See paying by meter or flat ampere rate.

What households report paying#

The only full breakdown we found is one Beirut-area household that Al Jazeera interviewed. It got about 4 hours of EDL a day and paid USD 60 to EDL and USD 80 to a generator, so USD 140 a month, about 31% of its USD 447 income^[1]. The same household had also spent about USD 3,000 on six solar panels.

Reports on generator bills alone disagree. The National found a median of USD 310 in August 2026 among about a dozen people it interviewed, and says bills often pass USD 300^[2]. ExpatLife.ai, a commercial guide that cites no source, puts generator subscriptions at USD 50-100 a month and total utilities at USD 100-200^[3]. Neither gives the amperage, so the two figures cannot be compared directly. We found no worked example for a typical Beirut flat with stated hours, amperage and kWh.