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Duquesne Light Co late fee

Pennsylvania · Investor Owned

Duquesne Light Co charges 1.5% for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
1.5% of the past-due balance
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 14% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
434,171

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$4,759,960 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$14,752,996 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
0.32x

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
26,746 for non-payment
Rate
4.86 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
102,413
Reconnections
20,150

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

1.5% per month on overdue balance (Pennsylvania PUC standard, 52 Pa. Code 56.22; Duquesne Light Tariff No. 25).

Source: https://duquesnelight.com/service-reliability/service-map/rates/tariff-resources

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