City of Seattle - (WA) late fee
Washington · Municipal
City of Seattle - (WA) charges 1% for a residential electric bill paid late.
- Percentage fee
- 1% of the past-due balance
- Grace period
- 15 days
- Can disconnect
- Yes, for non-payment
- Percentile
- Higher than 3% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
- Residential customers
- 459,964
Disconnections in 2024
- Disconnections
- 14,406 for non-payment
- Rate
- 3.4 per 100 residential customers
- Final notices
- 69,610
- Reconnections
- 14,082
Counts are disconnection events, not households. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-112. See how this compares.
1% late penalty (harvested from seattle.gov).
Source: https://www.seattle.gov/city-light/start-or-stop-service https://www.seattle.gov/rentinginseattle/renters/moving-in/utilities https://www.seattle.gov/utilities/your-services/accounts-and-payments/bills-and-payments