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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT

OF SOCIAL SERVICES ENERGY ASSISTANCE

01/03 VOLUME IX, CHAPTER D, APPENDIX B, PAGE 2

VULNERABILITY Condition Points Elderly 20 Disabled 15 Child under 6 12

Points are not cumulative, but are assigned by the system for the one condition present in the household with the highest point value.

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS

Living arrangement codes A, C, E, G, and P have a point value of 20.

PRIMARY FUEL

The point value for primary fuel changes on a yearly basis. An annual survey of vendors is conducted to determine the current price per fuel type. Consumption data is obtained from a Cost and Consumption study conducted by Virginia Tech. Costs are then calculated and ranked in order. The highest cost fuel type is assigned 20 points. All other fuel types are assigned points based on the cost of the fuel type as a percentage of all fuel costs.

ENERGY BURDEN

The average fuel cost obtained from the annual survey will be divided by the income of the household to determine the household's energy burden. The point assignment based on percentage of energy burden, is as follows:

Percentage 0 - 19 Points 0 20 - 29 5 30 - 39 8 40 - 49 10 50 - 69 13 70 - 79 18 80 - 89 20 90 - 94 24 95 - 100 25 TRANSMITTAL #03-1