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Northern States Power Co - Minnesota late fee

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota · Investor Owned

Northern States Power Co - Minnesota charges 0.45%, min $1 for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
0.45% of the past-due balance
Minimum charge
$1
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 2% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
1,405,248

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$8,464,271 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$18,041,849 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
0.47x

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
56,757 for non-payment
Rate
4.32 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
561,354
Reconnections
49,171

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

reduced 1.5% to 0.45%/mo per MN PUC 2026; $1 min; waived for low-income

Source: https://www.xcelenergy.com/staticfiles/xe/Regulatory/Regulatory%20PDFs/rates/MN/Me_Section_5.pdf

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