[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR965.506]

[Page 482]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 965_PHA-OWNED OR LEASED PROJECTS_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart E_Resident Allowances for Utilities
 
Sec. 965.506  Surcharges for excess consumption of PHA-furnished utilities.

    (a) For dwelling units subject to allowances for PHA-furnished 
utilities where checkmeters have been installed, the PHA shall establish 
surcharges for utility consumption in excess of the allowances. 
Surcharges may be computed on a straight per unit of purchase basis 
(e.g., cents per kilowatt hour of electricity) or for stated blocks of 
excess consumption, and shall be based on the PHA's average utility 
rate. The basis for calculating such surcharges shall be described in 
the PHA's schedule of allowances. Changes in the dollar amounts of 
surcharges based directly on changes in the PHA's average utility rate 
shall not be subject to the advance notice requirements of this section.
    (b) For dwelling units served by PHA-furnished utilities where 
checkmeters have not been installed, the PHA shall establish schedules 
of surcharges indicating additional dollar amounts residents will be 
required to pay by reason of estimated utility consumption attributable 
to resident-owned major appliances or to optional functions of PHA-
furnished equipment. Such surcharge schedules shall state the resident-
owned equipment (or functions of PHA-furnished equipment) for which 
surcharges shall be made and the amounts of such charges, which shall be 
based on the cost to the PHA of the utility consumption estimated to be 
attributable to reasonable usage of such equipment.