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Duke Energy Progress - (NC) late fee

North Carolina, South Carolina · Investor Owned

Duke Energy Progress - (NC) charges 1% for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
1% of the past-due balance
Grace period
25 days
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 3% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
1,499,792

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$9,347,239 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$20,676,416 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
0.45x

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
69,969 for non-payment
Rate
4.67 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
543,401
Reconnections
45,239

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

1% per month on bills unpaid 25 days after billing (Duke Energy Progress NC R-1 residential tariff, per NCUC Rule R12-9).

Source: https://starw1.ncuc.gov/ncuc/ViewFile.aspx?Id=21305af8-ba7b-4b79-8334-62db63bab249

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