(Revised 10/1/11 ML #3276)
Recipients who heat with electricity may or may not have their heating consumption submetered. To ensure that all eligible LIHEAP households retain responsibility for their electric "non-heating" costs, LIHEAP will have electric vendors submit the entire metered residential usage to the State computer, even if the heating is submetered. For households with electric heat, the LIHEAP system calculates a LIHEAP share percentage (LS%) that is 75% of what it would be for any other fuel. This is to adjust for the non-heating portions (lights, TV, etc.) of each electric bill that is submitted. By using this adjusted LS%, LIHEAP is paying benefits based upon a presumed heating cost that is 75% of the entire metered residential bill.
