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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc late fee

South Carolina · Investor Owned

Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc charges 1.5% for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
1.5% of the past-due balance
Grace period
25 days
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 14% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
696,385

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$7,612,585 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$7,139,219 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
1.07x

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
67,673 for non-payment
Rate
9.72 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
877,504
Reconnections
56,603

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

1.5%, past due 25 days after billing (Dominion Energy SC / SCE&G)

Source: https://www.dominionenergy.com/south-carolina/rates-and-tariffs

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