Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
Division 37 - WASTEWATER SERVICE REGULATION FOR JOINT WATER/WASTEWATER UTILITIES
Section 860-037-0115 - Late-Payment Charge

(1) Except as provided in section (2) of this rule, a wastewater utility may apply a late-payment charge to customer accounts not paid in full each month, provided the wastewater utility has filed the late-payment charge in its tariffs.

(2) The charge will be based on a monthly late-payment rate applied to only overdue account balances at the time of preparing the subsequent month's bill for residential accounts or by the bill due date for all other accounts. The late-payment charge may not be applied to time-payment or equal-payment accounts that are current. The Commission will determine the late-payment rate based on a survey of prevailing market rates for late-payment charges of commercial enterprises and will advise all wastewater utilities of the changes in the rate they may use to determine late-payment charges on overdue customer accounts as needed. The current late-payment rate and the conditions for its application to customer accounts shall be specified on the utility bill.