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2020 09/13/18 8 • Monthly electric cost divided by monthly income equals household Energy Burden. • High burdened household shall be defined as 30 percent.
2.11 Performance Measures:
• Data Collection: 1. Collect usage data for all Households and programs (both ECI and EC); 2. Household’s must designate their main fuel source on their application; 3. Collect and Enter Data for households with 12 consecutive months of bill data for the main fuel type (Electric or Gas). Collecting annual (12 months) costs, monthly cost, annual usage, monthly usage; 4. If main fuel type is not electricity, collect 12 consecutive months of bill data for main fuel type (Gas) and the secondary fuel type, (Electricity). Collect annual (12 months) costs, monthly cost, annual usage, monthly usage for both. 5. Air Conditioning – Identify Centralized or Window/Wall mounted units.
2.12 Other Requirements:
• Separated adults who share custody of a child, only one household can apply for the child. When both parents/caretakers apply for the same child, the parent/caretaker who has the child the majority of the time can apply. If custody is shared equally, the parent/caretaker who applied first shall include the child in their LIHEAP application. • Applicants can receive one of the two programs per federal fiscal year, either Energy Crisis intervention or Energy Credit, not both. • There is no limit to the number of times an applicant may reapply after being denied, however an eligible household can only receive once payment per federal fiscal year. • An applicant can apply for one utility type, gas or electric. Once approved, benefits cannot be transferred from one utility type to the other. • There is no splitting or sharing of benefits among different accounts. • Applications are only accepted during the enrollment period. Once the enrollment period ends the program is closed and no further applications shall be accepted. • Failure to meet program requirements will result in the whole household’s ineligibility, unless otherwise specified.