[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 4]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR965.506]



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                 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



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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.