SECTION 340:20-1-3. Scope

(a)   The operation of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is contingent upon the receipt of federal funds. Delay in federal funding can cause changes in planned time frames for the program.

(b)   LIHEAP consists of four components per Section 8624 of Title 42 of the United States Code:

(1)   heating assistance, which is the benefits paid to vendors and clients beginning in December each year as approved;

(2)   Energy Crisis Assistance Program (ECAP),which has intermittent application periods each year and any time there is a medical crisis;

(3)   summer cooling assistance beginning in July each year; and

(4)   weatherization assistance, administered year round by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (ODOC) with LIHEAP funds allocated to them by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. ODOC distributes weatherization funds to local Community Action Agencies to provide weatherization services.

[Source: Amended at 9 Ok Reg 191, eff 10-17-91 (emergency); Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2455, eff 6-25-92; Amended at 10 Ok Reg 637, eff 12-14-92 (emergency); Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2259, eff 6-11-93; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 483, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1671, eff 5-12-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 377, eff 11-17-94 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1713, eff 6-12-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 577, eff 12-12-96 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 1336, eff 5-12-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 152, eff 12-1-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1604, eff 5-11-98; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1301, eff 6-1-08; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1195, eff 6-1-10; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1620, eff 9-17-18]