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Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC late fee

Colorado · Investor Owned

Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC charges no late fee for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
None (0%)
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 0% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
89,252

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$158,451 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$1,241,989 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
0.13x

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
1,835 for non-payment
Rate
2.06 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
7,344
Reconnections
1,365

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

Residential late fee 0% (non-residential 1.5% of delinquent amount)

Source: https://www.blackhillsenergy.com/sites/blackhillsenergy.com/files/bhe-coe-rates-tariff.pdf

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