The department shall estimate the data required to compute the low-income need annually as directed in s. 16.957 (2) (c) 5., Stats., by the following means:
- (1) Total low-income energy bill data shall be estimated by totaling all home energy bills of all low-income households as shown by the most recent data available on or before March 1 from the department’s division of energy.
- (2) Average annual income of low–income household data shall be estimated using the annual income of all households at or below 150% of the poverty threshold as shown by the most recent data available on or before March 1.
- (3) The number of low–income households shall be estimated by totaling the number of households at or below 150% of the poverty threshold as shown by the most recent data available on or before March 1.
History
History: Cr. Register, November, 2000, No. 539, eff. 12-1-00; CR 07-078: am. (2) and (3) Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 9-1-08.