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Louisville Gas & Electric Co late fee

Kentucky · Investor Owned

Louisville Gas & Electric Co 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
384,902

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$2,590,447 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$2,896,792 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
0.89x

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
46,431 for non-payment
Rate
9.89 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
781,656
Reconnections
45,861

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

3% (reduced from 5% per 2012 settlement; sister utility KU also 3%) (LG&E)

Source: https://lge-ku.com/regulatory/rates-and-tariffs

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