Section 476-1-004 - DefinitionsThe following definitions apply:
004.01AGENCY CAUSED OVERPAYMENT. An overpayment caused by the Department's error or failure to take action.004.02APPLICATION DATE. The date the Department receives a signed application or request to add Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to a household's current economic assistance case.004.03AVAILABLE FUNDS. The amount of funding appropriated to the Department for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for each federal fiscal year.004.04COOLING SEASON. June 1 through August 31 of each federal fiscal year.004.05CRISIS SITUATION. A household that is under immediate threat of loss of home energy because it has received a shut off notice, had utilities discontinued, lacks energy service delivery, or anticipates removal from a provider's budget plan.004.06ECONOMICALLY-VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLD. A household that is unprotected from increases in energy costs, and, therefore, must use its own resources to meet energy cost increases.004.07HEATING SEASON. October 1 through March 31 of each federal fiscal year. 004.08HOME ENERGY. A source of residential heating or cooling.004.09HOUSEHOLD. A person or group of people living together as one economic unit for whom residential energy is customarily purchased in common or paid through rent.004.10INTENTIONAL PROGRAM VIOLATION. An action by a person to receive, or attempt to receive, benefits to which the person is not entitled by: (A) Making a false statement, either verbally or in writing;(B) Concealing information; or(C) Altering one or more documents.004.11MULTI-FAMILY ARRANGEMENT. A living situation where more than one household occupies a single structure or building and includes both communal living arrangements where residential energy is billed in common and apartments where residential energy is billed separately to each unit.004.12OVERPAYMENT. A payment of more than the amount a household is eligible to receive.004.13OVERPAYMENT STATUS. A household has received an overpayment of $100 or more and the overpayment has not yet been fully repaid to the Department.004.14PROGRAM YEAR. October 1 through September 30.004.15PROVIDER. Utility or other household energy supplier.004.16SINGLE-FAMILY ARRANGEMENT. A living situation where one household occupies a single structure or building.004.17UNDERPAYMENT. A payment of less than the amount a household is eligible to receive.476 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1, § 004
Amended effective 10/28/2015.Amended effective 12/26/2020