LAC 67:III.1965. Standard Utility Allowance (SUA)

A. Households which incur heating or cooling costs separate and apart from their rent or mortgage use a mandatory single Standard Utility Allowance (SUA) in the determination of shelter costs and deductions. To be qualified, the household must be billed on a regular basis for heating or cooling costs. However, during the heating season a household that is billed less often than monthly, but is eligible to use the standard allowance, may continue to use the standard allowance between billing months. The SUA is available to those households receiving energy assistance payments or reimbursements but who continue to incur heating or cooling costs that exceed the payment during any month covered by the certification period. B. Effective February 1, 2005, households living in public housing with shared meters that are only charged for excess utilities shall use the SUA if heating or cooling costs are incurred. C. The full SUA shall be allowed to all parties who contribute to the utility costs, if these costs include heating or cooling costs, when the household shares a residence and utility costs with other individuals.