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Sierra Pacific Power Co late fee

Nevada · Investor Owned

Sierra Pacific Power Co charges 1% for a residential electric bill paid late.

Percentage fee
1% of the past-due balance
Can disconnect
Yes, for non-payment
Percentile
Higher than 3% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
Residential customers
330,891

Late fees versus bad debt, 2024

Late-fee revenue
$751,314 (FERC account 450, Forfeited Discounts)
Written off
$4,344,935 (FERC account 904, Uncollectible Accounts)
Ratio
0.17x

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
38,203 for non-payment
Rate
11.55 per 100 residential customers
Final notices
165,880
Reconnections
34,018

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

1% of past-due (Sierra Pacific / northern NV, NV Energy)

Source: https://www.nvenergy.com/publish/content/dam/nvenergy/brochures_arch/about-nvenergy/rates-regulatory/electric-schedules-north/MC_Electric_North.pdf

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