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Cleco Power LLC late fee

Louisiana · Investor Owned

Cleco Power LLC charges 3% for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
3% of the past-due balance
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 46% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
251,927

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$7,054,633 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$1,875,599 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
3.76x

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
80,509 for non-payment
Rate
34.21 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
536,032
Reconnections
77,731

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

3% of amount due if not paid by due date (Cleco LA)

Source: https://www.cleco.com/residential-commercial/rates-billing-payment/rates-fees

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