Section 470.800 – Clean Energy Deployment Fund; sources; uses.
(1) The Clean Energy Deployment Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Clean Energy Deployment Fund shall be credited to the Clean Energy Deployment Fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Energy for use as provided in ORS […]
Section 470.805 – Renewable Energy Development Subaccount; sources; uses.
(1) The Renewable Energy Development Subaccount is established in the Clean Energy Deployment Fund established in ORS 470.800. Interest earned by the Renewable Energy Development Subaccount shall be credited to the subaccount. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Energy for purposes related to renewable energy development. (2) The department […]
Section 470.810 – Clean energy deployment program; prevailing wage requirements; rules.
(1) The State Department of Energy shall establish the clean energy deployment program to provide grants and loans to support energy efficiency or clean energy projects in this state. The department shall establish criteria for qualifications of the projects by rule. (2)(a) The department may use funds from the Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund and […]
Section 470.815 – School district projects.
(1) School districts that participate in the clean energy deployment program established in ORS 470.810 may finance projects to: (a) Weatherize, upgrade and retrofit kindergarten through grade 12 public schools; (b) Retrofit school bus fleets to operate on compressed natural gas or other alternative fuels such as propane or to operate with high-efficiency types of […]
Section 470.630 – Form of disbursement; conditions for issuance.
(1) The State Department of Energy may disburse energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan and small scale local energy program loan moneys by providing the loan moneys through a sustainable energy project manager or providing the loan moneys to or through an entity described in ORS 470.060. Loan moneys may be disbursed through a sustainable […]
Section 470.715 – Costs of adopting rules.
The cost of adopting rules under ORS 470.140 to carry out ORS 470.500 to 470.710: (1) May be paid from the Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund or Energy Project Bond Loan Fund; or (2) May be paid from the Small Scale Local Energy Project Administration and Bond Sinking Fund created under ORS 470.300 if the […]
Section 470.635 – Requirement for energy savings projection; form of projection; use of certified primary contractors.
(1) The State Department of Energy may not complete an agreement for the issuance of an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan unless the sustainable energy project manager, a primary contractor designated by the sustainable energy project manager or a person approved by the department completes an energy savings projection or similar evaluation for the […]
Section 470.720 – Loan program information to be provided by utilities; rules.
All investor-owned utilities and consumer-owned utilities that have customers enrolled in energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan programs shall, at the request of the Director of the State Department of Energy, provide the director with the following information in aggregated form regarding the loans: (1) Repayment performance; (2) Default rates; (3) Energy savings data; and […]
Section 470.640 – Amount of loans; exceptions.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the amount of an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan may not exceed $40,000 for residential dwellings served by a single meter of the utility that is to provide on-bill financing. The loan limit described in this subsection does not apply to other buildings such […]
Section 470.645 – Application for loan; contents.
An application for an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan must contain: (1) Information sufficient to identify real or personal property located within this state against which a fixture filing and lien may be filed under ORS 470.680 or 470.685 to secure the loan and sufficient to allow verification that the property owner is the […]