Adm 43.07   Collecting the low-income assistance fee.

Adm 43.08   Payment and reconciliation of the low-income assistance fee.

Adm 43.09   Requesting approval for reasonable and prudent expenses.

Adm 43.10   Voluntary contributions.

Adm 43.11   Reports and annual statements.

Adm 43.12   Appeals.

Ch. Adm 43 Note Note: Chapter Adm 43 was created as an emergency rule effective August 22, 2000.

Adm 43.01 Adm 43.01 Authority. Sections 16.004 (1) and 16.957 (2) (c) and (4) (b), Stats., authorize the department to promulgate rules for non–municipal electric utility low-income assistance fees.

Adm 43.01 History History: Cr. Register, November, 2000, No. 539, eff. 12-1-00; CR 07-078: am. Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 9-1-08.

Adm 43.02 Adm 43.02 Purpose. The purposes of this chapter are to establish the low-income assistance fee to be collected by each non–municipal electric utility from its customers, and to provide procedures for collecting that fee.

Adm 43.02 History History: Cr. Register, November, 2000, No. 539, eff. 12-1-00; CR 07-078: am. Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 9-1-08.

Adm 43.03 Adm 43.03 Definitions. In this chapter:

Adm 43.03(2) (2) “Commission” means the public service commission.

Adm 43.03(3) (3) “Customer” means the party billed for electric services.

Adm 43.03(4) (4) “Customer class” means any grouping of electric customers in the state that is billed for electric service under the same tariff that has been approved by the Commission.

Adm 43.03(5) (5) “Department” means the department of administration.

Adm 43.03(6) (6) “Electric provider” has the meaning specified in s. 16.957 (1) (f), Stats.

Adm 43.03(7) (7) “Electric utility” has the meaning specified in s. 16.957 (1) (g), Stats.

Adm 43.03(7m) (7m) “Estimated invoiced amounts” means that portion of the low-income assistance program funding level that is approved and annually estimated by the department to be collectable by each non–municipal electric utility from its customers.

Adm 43.03(8) (8) “Fiscal year” means the period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30.

Adm 43.03(9) (9) “Fixed charge” means a fixed amount within an electric tariff that is charged periodically to a customer without regard to energy demand or consumption.

Adm 43.03(9g) (9g) “Low-income assistance fee” means that amount determined by formula that a non-municipal electric utility allocates to and collects from a customer, and may include approved reasonable and prudent expenses.

Adm 43.03(9r) (9r) “Low-income assistance program funding level” means the total funds to be collected by all electric providers annually under s. 16.957 (4) and (5), Stats.

Adm 43.03(10) (10) “Low-income household” has the meaning set forth in s. 16.957 (1) (m), Stats.

Adm 43.03(11) (11) “Low-income need” has the meaning set forth in s. 16.957 (1) (n), Stats.

Adm 43.03(12) (12) “Municipal utility” has the meaning specified in s. 16.957 (1) (q), Stats.

Adm 43.03(13) (13) “Non-municipal electric utility” means any electric utility that is not a municipal utility.

Adm 43.03(14) (14) “Non-residential customer” means any customer in this state that receives metered electric services under a commercial or industrial tariff and that is assessed a fixed customer charge at the meter’s location.