City of Ames - (IA) late fee
Iowa · Municipal
City of Ames - (IA) charges 1.5% for a residential electric bill paid late.
- Percentage fee
- 1.5% of the past-due balance
- Grace period
- 20 days
- Can disconnect
- Yes, for non-payment
- Percentile
- Higher than 14% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
- Residential customers
- 24,979
Disconnections in 2024
- Disconnections
- 899 for non-payment
- Rate
- 3.6 per 100 residential customers
- Final notices
- 6,830
- Reconnections
- 339
Counts are disconnection events, not households. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-112. See how this compares.
Source: https://www.cityofames.org/files/assets/city/v/1/legal/ames-municipal-code/code-fee-schedulesappendices/appen-h-electric-utility-tariff-supplement-2017-2.pdf https://www.cityofames.org/My-Government/Departments/Utilities