Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 282 - Public Printing

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Applicant: means an applicant for a loan to construct a small scale local energy project. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Base efficiency package: means the package of energy efficiency upgrades or renewable energy projects for a property that, when energy savings, project repayment costs, tax or other incentives, loan offset grants and other relevant economic factors are considered, is estimated to not increase the utility bill of the customer over the loan repayment term. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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

• Energy Project Bond Loan Fund: means the fund established under ORS § 470. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Energy Project Supplemental Fund: means the fund established under ORS § 470. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Energy Revenue Bond Repayment Fund: means the fund established under ORS § 470. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Energy savings projection: means an examination of the energy performance and site characteristics of a property that, at a minimum, identifies:

  (a) A base efficiency package; and

  (b) Any additional optional measures that a customer is able to repay and that the sustainable energy project manager believes to be feasible for the site. See Oregon Statutes 470.050

• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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.
• On-bill financing: means a mechanism for collecting the repayment of an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan through a utility customer account billing system. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Primary contractor: means a contractor that:

  (a) Has entered into a contract with an owner of property for which a proposed small scale local energy project will be located;

  (b) Is responsible for the completion of the small scale local energy project;

  (c) Undertakes to complete the small scale local energy project; and

  (d) Is responsible for any subcontractors performing work on the small scale local energy project. See Oregon Statutes 470.050

• Public Purpose Fund Administrator: means the entity designated by the Public Utility Commission to administer moneys collected by a company through the public purpose charge described under ORS § 757. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Sentencing guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Small scale local energy program loan: means a loan for a small scale local energy project other than an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Small scale local energy project: means any of the following:

  (a) A system, mechanism or series of mechanisms located primarily in Oregon that directly or indirectly uses or enables the use of, by the applicant or another person, renewable resources including, but not limited to, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, waste heat or water resources to produce energy, including heat, electricity and substitute fuels, to meet a local community or regional energy need in this state. See Oregon Statutes 470.050

• Small Scale Local Energy Project Administration and Bond Sinking Fund: means the fund created under ORS § 470. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Small Scale Local Energy Project Loan Fund: means the loan fund created by Article XI-J of the Oregon Constitution and appropriated to the State Department of Energy under ORS § 470. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• state government: means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. See Oregon Statutes 174.111
• State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• 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