216A.104 - ENERGY UTILITY ASSESSMENT AND RESOLUTION PROGRAM.
216A.104 ENERGY UTILITY ASSESSMENT AND RESOLUTION
PROGRAM.
1. The general assembly finds that provision of assistance to
prevent utility disconnections will also prevent the development of
public health risks due to such disconnections. The division shall
establish an energy utility assessment and resolution program
administered by each community action agency for persons with low
incomes who have or need a deferred payment agreement or are in need
of an emergency fuel delivery to address home energy utility costs.
2. A person must meet all of the following requirements to be
eligible for the program:
a. The person is eligible for the federal low-income home
energy assistance program.
b. The person is a residential customer of an energy utility
approved for the program by the division.
c. The person has or is in need of a deferred payment
agreement to address the person's home energy utility costs.
d. The person is able to maintain or regain residential
energy utility service in the person's own name.
e. The person provides the information necessary to determine
the person's eligibility for the program.
f. The person complies with other eligibility requirements
adopted in rules by the division.
3. The program components shall include but are not limited to
all of the following:
a. Analysis of a program participant's current financial
situation.
b. Review of a program participant's resource and money
management options.
c. Skills development and assistance for a program
participant in negotiating a deferred payment agreement with the
participant's energy utility.
d. Development of a written household energy affordability
plan.
e. Provision of energy conservation training and assistance.
f. A requirement that a program participant must make
uninterrupted, regular utility payments while participating in the
program.
4. The division shall implement accountability measures for the
program and require regular reporting on the measures by the
community action agencies.
5. The division shall implement the program statewide, subject to
the funding made available for the program. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 218, §136