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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK <br />Late payment fees assessed to customer accounts during the time the Agency's <br />disbursement process to the utility is pending are applicable. <br />2. If funds are available, and the recipient has no other means to pay, the Agency <br />must pay the entire delinquent amount up to the currently prescribed upper limit, <br />as determined by FPL. While this limit can be increased or decreased at the <br />discretion of FPL, the standard upper limit for the program is $500. <br />3. No recipient may receive more than a one-time benefit in a twelve-month period <br />on the current account. No recipient may circumvent this limitation. Commitment <br />initial set-up date is used to determine the 12 -month time period. <br />4. Disbursement of funds by the Agency must be by check payable to Florida Power <br />& Light Company and must be received by FPL's Payment Processing Center no <br />later than 60 days from the commitment date. <br />5. Payment must be submitted in the name of the FPL Account Holder (customer of <br />record) for the household applying for assistance. <br />6. Exceptions to the requirements listed above require the approval of the FPL Area <br />Business Specialist MaaageF, and may require additional approval by the FPL <br />Lead Area Business Specialist Maaagef. <br />IV. Public Energy Assistance Programs <br />The FPL Care To Share Program is designed to fill voids in existing energy <br />assistance programs that have exhausted their resources or where recipient's needs <br />exceed program limits. Agency caseworkers should document efforts to link recipient <br />with the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), the Emergency <br />Home Energy Assistance Program for the Elderly (EHEAP), and the National Food <br />and Shelter (FEMA) program energy funds in advance of, and prior to committing <br />any, FPL Care To Share funds to such client. <br />V. FPL / Agency Interface <br />Program Fundinq <br />FPL will solicit its customers to contribute to the "FPL Care To Share" fund via the <br />customer's monthly electric statement, and may as an option supplement customer <br />contributions with shareholder and employee contributions. FPL will determine in its <br />sole discretion the method by which contributions will be collected. FPL will collect <br />and distribute these funds to the administrative Agency proportional to the amount of <br />donations received in the area to which the Agency has agreed to provide program <br />services. FPL shareholder and employee contributions will be distributed to the <br />administrative Agency at the discretion of FPL, with area population and poverty <br />factors considered. <br />FPL will work closely with the Agency on disbursement of Agency funding. FPL funds <br />from all sources will be disbursed to the Agency on a quarterly basis (subject to <br />change upon 30 days notice from FPL). <br />51 FPL Care To Share Program Agreement (rev 11-27-2023) <br />