Section 43.04. Estimating low-income need data.

  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.

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.