SNAP

Use the following chart as a guide to determine the appropriate utility allowance the household is eligible to receive.

If the person then the household is eligible for the owns or is buying their home and is billed for utilities that include heating or cooling costs, SUA. owns or is buying their home and is billed for utilities that do not include heating or cooling costs, Example: The household does not have air conditioning and cools their home with fans and uses a cooking stove for heating. BUA. receives LIHEAP payments or other similar energy assistance payments more than $20 annually in the previous 12 months or in the current month, SUA. rents and is billed for utilities from an individual meter for heating or cooling costs, SUA. rents from a landlord who lives in a separate residence and the landlord bills the household a standard amount for the heating and cooling costs, SUA. lives in public housing and is billed only for excess heating or cooling costs, SUA. shares the cost and a meter with another household who lives in a separate residence on the same property and the other household is billed for the utilities that include heating and cooling costs, SUA. lives together at the same residential address with a friend or family member and the person: shares the heating or cooling costs with the friend or family member, even if the friend or family member is billed for the utilities that include heating and cooling costs; pays the cooling bill and the friend or family member pays the heating; or pays the friend or family member a set amount for the utilities that include heating or cooling costs separate from the rent, SUA. lives together at the same residential address with another household and the person shares the utility costs that do not include heating or cooling costs separate from the rent, BUA. lives together at the same residential address with another household who pays for the heating and cooling costs and the person is only responsible for the water bill, BUA. pays only the phone costs and all other utility costs are included in the shelter costs, telephone standard. lives together at the same residential address with other households who share the heating, cooling or other utility costs and the person is only responsible for the phone bill, telephone standard. lives with a disqualified member and the household pays heating or cooling costs, SUA. lives with a disqualified member and the household pays non-heating or non-cooling costs, BUA.