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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

round to 10%. (See 415-30-05)

Line_10a:

The annual LIHEAP Share from Line 9 is divided by the Cost of Heat from Line 7 and rounded up to the nearest 5%.

Line 10b:

If the household has electric heat only (does not apply to electric renter/heat paid), Line 10a is multiplied times 75% to determine a single percentage of the total residential bill which is the LIHEAP share of the heating portion of the total bill. This figure is rounded up to the nearest 5%.

Line 11:

The customer co-payment is 100% minus Line 10 and then rounded to the nearest 5%.

Line 12:

For Renter/Heat Paid cases, the Cost of Heating from Line 7 is multiplied times the LIHEAP Share percentage from Line 10 to determine the Estimated Annual LIHEAP Cost for the renter.

Line 13:

Line 12 is divided by 8 months (length of the heating season) to determine the monthly renter payment and is rounded off to the nearest dollar. If line 13 is less than $5 a month, the household will receive at least $50 lump sum for the heating season regardless of what the monthly benefit would have been. If the Renter/Heat Paid household’s heat share