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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Division 10 Service 415 Program 415 Chapters 05 - 65 North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services

reported directly from fuel suppliers, either electronically or on paper billing statements, is used to determine the cost of heating a dwelling/residence for the entire heating season. Billing data (i.e., total amount billed to client) is determined by several factors, including fuel consumption, cost of fuel, temperature/heating degree day data, the heating values of various fuels, and a furnace efficiency factor for various fuels. Billing data therefore accounts for these factors in a single number/value.

Data to establish a cost/consumption table for steam heat, kerosene, wood, and coal was not available and therefore the actual expenses incurred by the eligible household will be negotiated, or the rate for MDU natural gas will be used.

Housing or living units that are not obviously within any of the following definitions will be assigned to the most appropriate category by the State Program Administrator or designee based on the number of wall and other surfaces exposed to the outside weather and temperature:

Housing/Living Unit types: a. Single Detached Home

This term means a single building that includes only one home or complete living unit. Mobile homes are included under this definition.

b. Duplex or Condominium

This term means a single building that contains two (2) complete living units.

NOTE: A condominium with three (3) or more complete living units in included in all other living unites type (c) below.

c. All other livings units (apartment building - condominiums - row houses - townhouses - high rise)