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Alabama Power Co late fee

Alabama · Investor Owned

Alabama Power Co charges 1.5%, min $2 for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
1.5% of the past-due balance
Minimum charge
$2
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 14% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
1,332,911

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$12,753,899 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$23,415,114 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
0.54x

Source: US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 1, accounts 450 and 904 (18 CFR Part 101), retrieved via the Public Utility Data Liberation project. Municipal utilities and most cooperatives do not file Form 1, so no ratio is available for them.

Disconnections in 2024

Disconnections
208,579 for non-payment
Rate
15.62 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
269,813
Reconnections
155,901

Counts are disconnection events, not households. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-112. See how this compares.

greater of 1.5% or $2 (APSC tariff)

Source: https://www.alabamapower.com/content/dam/alabama-power/pdfs-docs/Rates/APCRulesRegulations.pdf

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