Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc late fee
Maryland · Cooperative
Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc charges 1.5% for a residential electric bill paid late.
- Percentage fee
- 1.5% of the past-due balance
- Grace period
- 20 days
- Can disconnect
- Yes, for non-payment
- Percentile
- Higher than 14% of US utilities that charge a percentage fee
- Residential customers
- 158,375
Disconnections in 2024
- Disconnections
- 6,080 for non-payment
- Rate
- 3.74 per 100 residential customers
- Final notices
- 233,490
- Reconnections
- 5,080
Counts are disconnection events, not households. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-112. See how this compares.
1.5% after 20 days; tiers cumulatively to 5% max
Source: https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/20.30.03.01