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Ohio Power Co late fee

Ohio · Investor Owned

Ohio Power 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
788,464

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$6,870,048 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$189,901,087 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
0.04x

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
172,411 for non-payment
Rate
12.87 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
1,975,985
Reconnections
149,275

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

1.5% of current month's charges if unpaid by due date (AEP Ohio)

Source: https://www.aepohio.com/cp/late-fees/

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