It probably seems like stating the obvious, but yes, we’re living in the digital era! Almost everything that you could do offline, can now be done online. Whether it is mobile recharges, utility bill payments, booking tickets, or even watching movies, everything can be done online.

Despite everything, if you still pay electricity bills offline, the traditional way, it’s high time you change. Not just change but upgrade your payment method by going online. In an attempt to convince you to make your next electricity bill payment online, we’re enlisting some key benefits of making a digital  electricity bill payment:

Easy And Effortless

With digital payment portals like Airtel Payments Bank, you don’t really have to take much effort. You can pay your electricity bills online, faster and at your convenience. No more standing in long queues or going through the hassle of cash or cheque payments. Go digital, and do it all effortlessly.

Safe And Secure Payments

Sometimes even offline payment methods cannot guarantee safety. What if your cheque get’s lost? However, with online portals, your transactions are safely completed within minutes. Moreover, timely OTPs also ensure that your personal and transactional details are safe.

Multiple Distributors, One App

With digital payment portals such as Airtel Payments Bank, you can now make your electricity bill payment online for various vendors in a single place. Some of these vendors are NBPDCL, SBPDCL, MSEDCL, TNEB, UPPCL, KSEB, BSECOM, PSPCL, CESC, DHBVN, Tata Power, Torrent Power, Maharashtra Electricity, Adani Electricity, BSES Yamuna and BSES Rajdhani, NDPL, KESCO and many more.

Rewarding Experience

Not only is the recharge experience with online payment portals effortless and secure, but it is also rewarding. One thing that you don’t get when paying your electricity bill offline is any benefit. However, if you pay online you will be rewarded with cashbacks, discounts and coupons for many of your favourite lifestyle products.

Available 24/7:

Since digital is available all the time, there’s no restriction on when you can pay your bills or take help from customer care. You can freely reach out to the customer care representative or just pay your bills at any point in time without having to worry about working hours.

How To Pay Electricity Bill Online?

We’ve learned about the benefits of doing a digital electricity bill payment. But how do you do it? How do you pay your electricity bill online? Well, most apps have a similar process, so we’ll tell you the steps to do it via our favourite method. You can either follow it as it is or perform similar steps on your choice of payment app/website.

Go to https://www.airtel.in/bank/ or download and open the Airtel Thanks app.

Log in to your Airtel Payments Bank account.

Navigate to the “Electricity bill” section.

Enter the name of the state you are from.

Select your biller name.

Enter your unique customer number.

Enter your Billing Unit (if required).

Click on “Fetch Bill” to view your electricity bill status.

Now proceed to make payment via your preferred payment mode.

Enter OTP and complete the transaction.

That’s it! Pay your bills online in such simple steps and keep earning the benefits of doing so.