Adm 43.02Adm 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 43.03Adm 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(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(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. Adm 43.03(17)(17) “Residential customer” means any customer in this state that receives metered electric services under a residential or farm tariff. Adm 43.03(19)(19) “Tariff” means a rate schedule and general terms and conditions under which electric service is supplied. Adm 43.03 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, November, 2000, No. 539, eff. 12-1-00; CR 07-078: renum. (1), (15) and (16) to be (7m), (9g) and (9r) and am. Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 9-1-08. Adm 43.04Adm 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: Adm 43.04(1)(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. Adm 43.04(2)(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. Adm 43.04(3)(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. Adm 43.04 HistoryHistory: 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. Adm 43.05Adm 43.05 Establishing the low-income assistance program funding level.