City of Memphis - (TN) late fee
Tennessee · Municipal
City of Memphis - (TN) 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
- 380,286
Disconnections in 2024
- Disconnections
- 182,151 for non-payment
- Rate
- 47.9 per 100 residential customers
- Final notices
- 1,107,634
- Reconnections
- 167,370
Counts are disconnection events, not households. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-112. See how this compares.
Source: https://www.mlgw.com/residential/yourmlgwbill https://www.mlgw.com/images/content/files/pdf/CustomerCarePolicy.pdf https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/city-council-to-probe-mlgws-customer-late-fee-structure/article_7e957bcc-e5d2-11ee-880a-13d84c4e3f95.html