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Evergy Metro late fee

Kansas, Missouri · Investor Owned

Evergy Metro charges 0.25% for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
0.25% of the past-due balance
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 2% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
518,415

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$2,520,942 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$1,189,000 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
2.12x

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
32,743 for non-payment
Rate
6.32 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
185,274
Reconnections
29,059

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

0.25%/mo + 6%/yr interest after 30 days delinquent - very low (Evergy Missouri Metro; MO PSC)

Source: https://www.evergy.com/-/media/documents/billing/missouri/rules_and_regulations_mo/billing-and-payment-010923.pdf

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