Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 330 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Division 220 - ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY INCENTIVE PROGRAM › Section 330-220-0070 - Technical Review

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Once
			 the department requests the technical review fee and the applicant has paid the
			 technical review fee, the department will conduct a technical review of the
			 alternative fuel vehicle project. If the applicant does not submit the required
			 technical review fee to the department within 21 calendar days from the date of
			 the request for payment of the technical review fee, the department may deny
			 the application.
(2) The
			 department will review the information provided in the preliminary
			 certification application against industry standards to determine whether the
			 project is financially and technically feasible and should operate in
			 accordance with the representations made by the applicant.
(3) To be eligible, the alternative fuel
			 vehicle project must meet the following requirements:
(a) The project must meet the requirements of
			 the statutes, these rules and the Opportunity Announcement.
(b) The applicant must be the owner, contract
			 purchaser or project lessee at the time of the project's acquisition.
(c) The applicant must be a trade,
			 business or rental property owner with a business site in Oregon or be an
			 Oregon non-profit organization, a federally recognized tribe or a public body
			 as defined in ORS 174.109 that partners with an
			 Oregon business or resident. The applicant may not restrict membership, sales
			 or service on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
			 sexual preference or gender.
(d) A
			 project located at a residential property must be rental property. A rental
			 property must meet laws related to rental accommodations and contain a dwelling
			 unit or rooming unit with permanent living facilities. Living facilities
			 include facilities for sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation, for one or
			 more persons, other than the property owner, which is subject to a rental
			 agreement that provides for meaningful compensation to the owner.
(e) For an alternative fuel vehicle
			 infrastructure project, applicants must provide anticipated connection and
			 charging patterns as part of the project description section of the
			 application.
(f) An electric
			 charging station project must supply electricity for on-road vehicles.
(g) An alternative fuel vehicle
			 fleet project must be an eligible on-road vehicle type as described in the
			 Opportunity Announcement. In the Opportunity Announcement the department will
			 list the eligible vehicle types from those defined in ORS chapter 801.
(h) An alternative fuel vehicle
			 fleet project must register the alternative fuel vehicles in Oregon. Where
			 applicable, registration under the International Registration Plan must have
			 Oregon as the base jurisdiction.
(i) An alternative fuel vehicle fleet project
			 for the purchase of new vehicles must replace two or more vehicles and provide
			 information demonstrating the vehicles being replaced are no longer in the
			 project owner's fleet or the fleet of any related entity.
(j) An alternative fuel vehicle fleet must
			 operate in Oregon as specified in the Opportunity Announcement, which will be
			 at least 75 percent of the operation time.
(k) An alternative fuel vehicle fleet project
			 may be acquired with a capital lease. The capital lease terms must be at least
			 five years.
(l) An alternative
			 fuel vehicle fleet project must include at least one eligible alternative fuel.
(m) An alternative fuel vehicle
			 fleet conversion or modification project must include new equipment installed
			 by a qualified technician that is compliant with Environmental Protection
			 Agency or California Air Resources Board standards.