Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration › Chapter Adm 43 - Non-municipal electric utility low income assistance fee › Section Adm 43.07 - Collecting the low-income assistance fee

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEADLINES. The
			 department may, at its discretion, modify any deadlines contained in this rule
			 upon notification to the appropriate affected parties.
(2) COLLECTION PLAN. On or before June 1,
			 each individual non-municipal electric utility shall submit a collection plan
			 and supporting documentation to the department for collecting the following
			 fiscal year's amount invoiced and for recovering reasonable and prudent
			 expenses. The low-income assistance fee collection plan shall be based on the
			 calculations and related information provided by the department under s.
			 Adm
			 43.06. Each non-municipal electric utility shall
			 submit documentation that demonstrates its implementation plan and a budget of
			 expenses necessary to comply with the requirements in s.
			 Adm
			 43.09.
(3)
			 CHARGES BILLED. Each customer bill that includes a low-income assistance fee
			 shall identify the low-income assistance fee as a "state low-income assistance
			 fee." All charges relating to the cost of supplying electric service to a
			 residential or non-residential customer shall constitute the basis for
			 calculating the limit on customer bill increases specified in s.
			 16.957(4)
			 (c) 3, Stats.
(4) EQUITABLE ALLOCATION. Each non-municipal
			 electric utility shall submit documentation with its low-income assistance fee
			 collection plan that demonstrates that the amounts of the low-income assistance
			 fee it intends to bill its residential and non-residential customers equitably
			 allocates the amount constituting the residential component among its
			 residential customer classes, and the amount constituting the non-residential
			 component among its non-residential customer classes. The amount of the
			 low-income assistance fee may vary between customer classes, but shall be
			 uniform within a customer class, except for variations due to the maximum bill
			 increase restrictions in s.
			 16.957(4)
			 (c) 3, Stats.
(5) REQUEST FOR REBATE. A customer that pays
			 one or more bills to a single non-municipal electric utility for meters located
			 within that utility's service territory, may present documentation to and
			 request relief from that non-municipal electric utility if the low-income
			 assistance fees paid by the customer within that utility's service territory,
			 when aggregated by the customer, exceed $750 in any month. The non-municipal
			 electric utility shall rebate that portion of the low-income assistance fee
			 that exceeds $750 in any month. Any amount so rebated to a customer under this
			 provision shall be treated as an under-collection for purposes of s.
			 Adm
			 43.08(3).
(6) DEPARTMENT REVIEW. On or before June 10,
			 the department shall approve, modify, or deny each proposed collection plan and
			 notify each non-municipal electric utility accordingly. The department shall
			 provide reasons for a denial or modification in writing. A non-municipal
			 electric utility may protest a denial or modification of its collection plan
			 under the procedures set forth in s.
			 Adm
			 43.12.
(7)
			 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. Each non-municipal electric utility shall implement an
			 approved or modified low-income assistance fee collection plan at the start of
			 the first monthly or periodic billing cycle of the following fiscal year. A
			 modified collection plan shall be implemented even if a protest has been filed
			 under s.
			 Adm
			 43.12.
(8)
			 DEPARTMENT DENIAL.
(a) If the department
			 denies a proposed low-income assistance fee collection plan, the non-municipal
			 electric utility shall resubmit a collection plan to the department on or
			 before June 20 for the department's approval even if a protest has been filed
			 under s.
			 Adm
			 43.12. A resubmitted collection plan must address all
			 comments and suggestions provided by the department in its denial.
(b) If the department denies a resubmitted
			 collection plan, the non-municipal electric utility shall collaborate with the
			 department to prepare a collection plan acceptable to the department. If the
			 parties are unable to reach an agreement on or before June 25, the department
			 shall issue a collection plan for the non-municipal electric utility to
			 implement the following fiscal year.