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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. late fee

California · Investor Owned

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. charges no late fee for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
None (0%)
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 0% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
3,190,681

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$232,570 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$237,082,006 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
0x

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
191,055 for non-payment
Rate
4.02 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
1,022,257
Reconnections
153,290

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

No residential late fee or interest on past-due bills

Source: https://help.pge.com/s/article/Do-I-have-to-pay-late-fees-on-my-past-due-bill

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