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OR Rev Stat § 470.530 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.530 - Qualifications; duties; certification program.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the Director of the State Department of Energy may establish qualifications for sustainable energy project managers and may exercise oversight to ensure compliance with those qualifications. A sustainable energy project manager shall provide the promotion, technical and financial support and verifications necessary to administer an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan. (2) A sustainable energy project manager may administer an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan only within a utility service territory of an investor-owned or consumer-owned utility that provides electricity or gas services. (3) A sustainable energy project manager shall serve the utility service territory for which the sustainable energy project manager has been selected by the director. The sustainable energy project manager shall provide loan program information and technical and financial information to promote energy efficiency and use of renewable energy at the neighborhood and community levels. The sustainable energy project manager shall be responsible for small scale local energy project verification and for monitoring program effectiveness for energy efficiency and sustainable technology loans and small scale local energy program loans. The sustainable energy project manager may administer the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program within the utility service territory. (4) A city, county, metropolitan service district or other local government entity, or a nonprofit, for-profit, tribal or state entity, may be a sustainable energy project manager if the entity meets the qualifications established by the director under this section and is approved by the director to provide promotion, outreach and customer support related to the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program within a utility service territory. The Public Purpose Fund Administrator is an ex officio sustainable energy project manager. The Public Purpose Fund Administrator shall act as the sustainable energy project manager in any utility service territory that is not served by another sustainable energy project manager. (5) The director shall establish a sustainable energy project manager certification program. However, the Public Purpose Fund Administrator or a consumer-owned utility is not required to obtain a sustainable energy project manager certificate and the Public Purpose Fund Administrator is not subject to any qualifications established by the director for a sustainable energy project manager. [2009 c.753 §7; 2010 c.92 §8; 2013 c.8 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 470.535 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 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. (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]
OR Rev Stat § 470.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.540 - State Department of Energy to notify unsuccessful applicants; time- table for certification of project manager.

(1) Upon selecting a proposed sustainable energy project manager, the Director of the State Department of Energy shall notify all unsuccessful applicants for the position that another candidate is proposed for appointment. The director shall negotiate with the proposed sustainable energy project manager regarding any modifications to the service cost estimates or other features of the applicant’s proposed plan that are necessary to ensure that the applicant will meet the goals and requirements of the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program and State Department of Energy rules. (2) To the extent practicable, the director shall certify a sustainable energy project manager not later than four months after publication of the request for proposals and not later than two months after the selection of the proposed sustainable energy project manager. However, the director may at any time select a different applicant as the proposed sustainable energy project manager or may reinitiate the certification process. (3) Upon deciding to certify the proposed sustainable energy project manager, the director shall give notice of the decision to all unsuccessful candidates, the public and the Small Scale Local Energy Project Advisory Committee. The director may approve the final certification of the sustainable energy project manager if: (a) A request to appeal under ORS 470.545 is not filed within 15 days after the date the notice is sent; and (b) The committee does not undertake a review of the proposed certification within 15 days after the date the notice is sent. [2009 c.753 §9; 2013 c.8 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 470.545 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.545 - Appeal of certification decision; fee.

(1) A person that believes a decision of the Director of the State Department of Energy to certify a sustainable energy project manager is inconsistent with applicable rules or statutes may file a request to appeal with the Small Scale Local Energy Project Advisory Committee. Unless the request for appeal is filed by a nonprofit entity, the request must be accompanied by a $2,000 appeal fee. The fee shall be waived for a nonprofit entity. The committee may initiate a review on its own motion. (2) A majority of the committee may authorize the presiding officer of the committee to appeal the certification decision to the Governor. The presiding officer may initiate an appeal to the Governor no later than 30 days after receiving a request for appeal or 15 days after the committee initiates a review on its own motion. (3) The decision of the Governor is final. If the Governor does not act within 30 days after receiving the appeal from the presiding officer of the committee, the appeal is denied. [2009 c.753 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 470.550 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.550 - Term of certification of project manager; certification approval letter; conditions for termination of certification.

(1) Unless the sustainable energy project manager is the Public Purpose Fund Administrator or a consumer-owned utility, the certification of a sustainable energy project manager shall be for a five-year term. The Director of the State Department of Energy shall issue the sustainable energy project manager a certification approval letter that states any conditions applicable to the certification. (2) The director may terminate the certification of a sustainable energy project manager for: (a) Failure to adequately implement an applicable plan for implementing the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program; (b) Noncompliance with the regulatory or statutory requirements of the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program; (c) Failure to meet any sustainable energy project manager criteria established by the director; or (d) Failure to perform other certification conditions. [2009 c.753 §11; 2013 c.8 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 470.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.560 - Rules; certification standards; provision for preferred service providers.

(1) The State Department of Energy shall adopt rules establishing certification standards for primary contractors participating in the construction of small scale local energy projects financed through the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program. The department shall design the standards to ensure that the project work performed by a primary contractor holding the certification and all the primary contractor’s subcontractors is of high quality and will result in a high degree of customer satisfaction. (2) The certification standards established by the department must, at a minimum, require that the primary contractor: (a) Prove that the primary contractor and the primary contractor’s subcontractors have sufficient skill to successfully install energy efficiency, renewable energy or weatherization projects. (b) Not be a contractor listed by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries under ORS 279C.860 as ineligible to receive a contract or subcontract for public works. (c) Be an equal opportunity employer or small business or be a disadvantaged business enterprise, a minority-owned business, a woman-owned business, a business that a service-disabled veteran owns or an emerging small business, as those terms are defined in ORS 200.005. (d) Demonstrate a history of compliance with the rules and other requirements of the Construction Contractors Board and of the Workers’ Compensation Division and the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (e) Employ at least 80 percent of employees used for energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program projects from the local work force, if a sufficient supply of skilled workers is available locally. (f) Demonstrate a history of compliance with federal and state wage and hour laws. (g) Pay wages to employees used for energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program projects at a rate equal to at least 180 percent of the state minimum wage. (3) The State Department of Energy shall consult with the Public Purpose Fund Administrator and utilities when developing certification standards for primary contractors. (4) The Construction Contractors Board may issue a qualifying primary contractor a certification authorizing the primary contractor to participate in the construction of small scale local energy projects financed through the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program. A primary contractor seeking certification shall apply to the board as provided under ORS 701.119. (5) The State Department of Energy shall identify certified primary contractors that provide employees with health insurance benefits as preferred service providers and may take other actions as practicable to encourage certified primary contractors to provide employees with health insurance benefits. [2009 c.753 §13; 2013 c.8 §2; 2015 c.565 §23]
OR Rev Stat § 470.565 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.565 - Loan applicant request for energy savings projection; processing of loan applications.

(1) At the request of a loan applicant, a primary contractor that is authorized to participate in the construction of small scale local energy projects financed through the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program may conduct an energy savings projection or similar evaluation for a property and conduct post-project verifications of energy savings in a utility service territory not served by a sustainable energy project manager. (2) The State Department of Energy shall process a loan application submitted by an applicant in a utility service territory not served by a sustainable energy project manager in the same manner as an application submitted through a sustainable energy project manager. (3) The department may approve an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan for property located in a utility service territory not served by a sustainable energy project manager if: (a) On-bill financing is available to the loan applicant through a local utility serving the benefited property; or (b) The department and the loan applicant agree to an alternative method for ensuring repayment of the loan. [2009 c.753 §14; 2013 c.8 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 470.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.570 - Energy Project Supplemental Fund; sources; uses.

(1) The Energy Project Supplemental Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Energy Project Supplemental Fund shall be credited to the Energy Project Supplemental Fund. (2) The Energy Project Supplemental Fund shall consist of any moneys received for purposes of the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program or for small scale local energy program loans other than moneys deposited to: (a) The Small Scale Local Energy Project Loan Fund. (b) The Small Scale Local Energy Project Administration and Bond Sinking Fund. (c) The Energy Project Bond Loan Fund. (d) The Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund, except that Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund moneys used to offset the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan or small scale local energy program loan repayment obligation of a borrower shall be deposited to the Energy Project Supplemental Fund. (e) The Energy Revenue Bond Repayment Fund. (3) Moneys in the Energy Project Supplemental Fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Energy for the following purposes: (a) To provide funding, separately or in conjunction with moneys from the Small Scale Local Energy Project Loan Fund and the Energy Project Bond Loan Fund, for energy efficiency and sustainable technology loans and small scale local energy program loans; (b) For transfer to the Energy Revenue Bond Repayment Fund, to the extent that moneys available in the Energy Project Bond Loan Fund are insufficient to provide the amount determined prudent by the Director of the State Department of Energy under ORS 470.610 (2); and (c) To pay costs incurred by the State Department of Energy or the director in implementing or administering loan programs for small scale local energy projects. (4) The State Treasurer may establish any subaccounts in the Energy Project Supplemental Fund that the treasurer or the director considers reasonable for the efficient administration of the fund. [2009 c.753 §15; 2011 c.467 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 470.575 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.575 - Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund; sources; uses.

(1) The Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund shall be credited to the Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Energy for use as provided in this section. (2) The fund shall consist of any moneys directed by law, gift, grant or donation to the fund and moneys from base efficiency package fees collected pursuant to ORS 470.655. (3) The department shall use fund moneys: (a) To promote energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy conservation projects, including the clean energy deployment program established in ORS 470.810, that would otherwise result in a higher overall cost to the applicant when energy costs and the financing and repayment costs for the project are considered, by using the fund moneys to help reduce the overall financing costs associated with related projects; or (b) To transfer to an appropriate fund for carrying out any purpose under this chapter specified as a condition of a gift, grant or donation. [2009 c.753 §16; 2010 c.92 §2; 2011 c.467 §9; 2013 c.656 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 470.580 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.580 - Energy Project Bond Loan Fund; sources; uses.

(1) The Energy Project Bond Loan Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Energy Project Bond Loan Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) The fund shall consist of: (a) Net proceeds from the issuance of revenue bonds under ORS 470.610 that are deposited to the fund; (b) Moneys from project initiation fees under ORS 470.655; (c) Repayments of any moneys loaned from the fund and interest earned on those moneys; (d) Any moneys appropriated to the fund; (e) Moneys from the sale of refunding bonds under ORS 470.610 and any accrued interest on those bonds; and (f) Interest earned on cash balances invested under ORS 470.595. (3) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Energy for the following purposes: (a) Subject to ORS 470.620, to issue and administer small scale local energy program loans and energy efficiency and sustainable technology loans and to administer the loan programs. (b) For transfer to the Energy Revenue Bond Repayment Fund for the payment of bond obligations, the costs of issuing bonds described in subsection (2) of this section and the costs of administering the revenue bond program and for the funding of bond payment reserves. Transfers under this paragraph shall be carried out as determined by the Director of the State Department of Energy under ORS 470.610 (2). (4) The State Treasurer may establish any subaccounts in the Energy Project Bond Loan Fund that the treasurer or the director considers reasonable for the efficient administration of the fund. [2009 c.753 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 470.585 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.585 - Energy Revenue Bond Repayment Fund; uses.

(1) The Energy Revenue Bond Repayment Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Energy Revenue Bond Repayment Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund may be invested as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.857. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Energy for the payment of: (a) Administrative expenses of the State Department of Energy and the Director of the State Department of Energy for energy efficiency and sustainable technology loans and small scale local energy program loans made from the proceeds of energy project revenue bonds, to the extent those expenses are not paid from the Energy Project Bond Loan Fund, the Energy Project Supplemental Fund or the Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund; (b) Administrative expenses incurred by the State Treasurer under this chapter; (c) Principal, interest and any redemption premiums of energy project revenue bonds; (d) Net investment earnings on moneys loaned to municipal corporations from energy project revenue bonds under ORS 470.610 but withheld as provided in ORS 470.230; and (e) Costs of issuing revenue bonds and obtaining credit enhancement for those revenue bonds. (2) The Energy Revenue Bond Repayment Fund shall consist of moneys transferred to the fund from the Energy Project Bond Loan Fund and Energy Project Supplemental Fund by the State Treasurer as provided in ORS 470.610 (2). [2009 c.753 §18; 2011 c.467 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 470.590 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.590 - Proposals; selection.

The State Department of Energy may request proposals for and select one or more financial managers for the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program. The function of a financial manager is: (1) To assist in energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program development; (2) To cooperate with federal and state agencies and public and private entities for the purpose of securing federal funding, public and private investments of capital and gifts, grants and donations for the purpose of financing small scale local energy projects; and (3) To provide a platform for the blending of private and public capital from various sources including, but not limited to, small scale local energy project financing, moneys from the Energy Project Bond Loan Fund, the Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund and the Energy Project Supplemental Fund, private activity bonds and grant moneys. [2009 c.753 §19; 2011 c.467 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 470.595 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.595 - Investment with financial manager; rate of return.

Private utilities and other private entities may invest capital with an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program financial manager for use in carrying out the loan program. The Public Utility Commission may establish a reasonable rate of return that a financial manager may pay to a utility investing capital under this section. In establishing the rate of return, the commission shall consider the risk to the utility in providing the investment capital. [2009 c.753 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 470.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment|Chapter 470 - Small Scale Local Energy Projects|Section 470.600 - State Department of Energy may enter agreements to disburse supplemental capital funds; conditions.

To achieve the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program goals described in ORS 470.500, the Director of the State Department of Energy may enter into agreements to disburse supplemental capital funds through the Small Scale Local Energy Project Loan Fund and the Energy Project Supplemental Fund if: (1) The director estimates that interest rates and total costs to program applicants that would result from the use of the supplemental capital funds are lower than would result from the use of bond proceeds; and (2) The supplemental capital funds are made subject to any requirements adopted by the director by rule to ensure adequate protection of project moneys. [2009 c.753 §21]