Oregon Statutes 470.535 – Applications for certification as project manager; selection factors
(1) The Director of the State Department of Energy shall initiate the certification process for a sustainable energy project manager by publishing a request for proposals.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 470.535
- Applicant: means an applicant for a loan to construct a small scale local energy project. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
- Director: means the Director of the State Department of Energy appointed under ORS § 469. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
- Energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan: means a loan for a small scale local energy project that is repayable by means of:
(a) A charge included with the participant's utility customer account billing; or
(b) An alternative repayment method identified by the department and the borrower and specified in the loan agreement. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Loan: includes the purchase or other acquisition of evidence of indebtedness and money used for the purchase or other acquisition of evidence of indebtedness. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Sustainable energy project manager: means the organization responsible for promoting the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program or the clean energy deployment program and related incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy at the neighborhood and community level. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
- Utility service territory: means the allocated territory in which a utility subject to this chapter provides a utility service. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
(2) An applicant for certification as a sustainable energy project manager shall submit information to the director that includes:
(a) Background information about the applicant including, but not limited to, the qualifications, relevant experience, financial status and staff of the applicant;
(b) A proposed plan for implementing and administering the goals and requirements of the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program in the utility service territory; and
(c) Any additional information required by the director by rule.
(3) After reviewing all applications received, the director may select a sustainable energy project manager. In selecting the sustainable energy project manager, the director shall consider the following factors:
(a) The organizational experience of the applicant and the capacity of the applicant to successfully implement the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program goals and requirements.
(b) The strength of the applicant’s proposed plan for implementing the goals and requirements of the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program.
(c) The cost at which the applicant can conduct outreach, promotion, loan applicant support and project verification services necessary to implement the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program.
(d) Any other factors the director adopts by rule or directive.
(4) An applicant may not be certified as a sustainable energy project manager if the applicant has a fiduciary or other obligation that creates an actual or apparent conflict of interest that may interfere with achieving the goals of the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program. [2009 c.753 § 8; 2013 c.8 § 6]