Austin Energy late fee
Texas · Municipal
Austin Energy charges 5% for a residential electric bill paid late.
- Percentage fee
- 5% of the past-due balance
- Grace period
- 21 days
- Can disconnect
- Yes, for non-payment
- Percentile
- Higher than 51% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
- Residential customers
- 507,291
Disconnections in 2024
- Disconnections
- 31,835 for non-payment
- Rate
- 6.32 per 100 residential customers
- Final notices
- 117,367
- Reconnections
- 25,132
Counts are disconnection events, not households. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-112. See how this compares.
5% penalty on metered services (electric/water/wastewater) after due date. City of Austin Utilities.
Source: https://coautilities.com/