Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 330 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Division 68 - INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS PROGRAM › Section 330-068-0020 - Program Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Energy auditor training: The Department shall provide to representatives of
			 institutions (except for facilities other than buildings), energy auditor
			 training or orientation which meets guidelines and standards provided by
			 Bonneville. The Department shall certify individuals as energy auditors in
			 accordance with procedures approved by Bonneville.
(2) Energy audit: The Department shall
			 provide, at no direct cost to an institution, a list of energy auditors and
			 model forms for use in conducting energy audits (for buildings and occupied
			 buildings only).
(3) Technical
			 assistance studies (TAS):
(a) The Department
			 shall solicit, evaluate, rank, and select for funding applications for TASs.
			 Ranking shall be in accordance with OAR
			 330-068-0085(1).
			 The Department shall notify applicants in writing whether or not they have been
			 selected for funding;
(b) The
			 Department shall ensure that the requirements in paragraphs (A), through (E) of
			 this subsection, are met before disbursing funds for a TAS (for buildings and
			 occupied buildings only):
(A) An energy audit
			 has been completed by an ODOE certified energy auditor;
(B) All O&M activities identified in the
			 energy audit have been implemented by the institution, except those which the
			 Department determines, in accordance with guidelines and environmental
			 restrictions provided by Bonneville, need not be implemented;
(C) The institution has solicited
			 qualifications of licensed engineers or licensed architect-engineer teams for
			 accomplishing the TAS before choosing a licensed engineer or licensed
			 architect-engineer team, unless otherwise agreed to by the Department and such
			 Institution;
(D) The TAS has been
			 performed by a licensed engineer or licensed architect-engineer team, and has
			 been reviewed and approved by the Department;
(E) The institution provides the Department
			 with proof of payment to the licensed engineer or architect-engineer team of
			 all agreed upon costs for performing the technical assistance study.
(c) The Department shall ensure
			 that the requirements in paragraphs (A) through (D) of this subsection are met
			 before disbursing funds for a TAS (for facilities other than buildings):
(A) All O&M activities identified in the
			 facilities TAS have been implemented by the institution, except those which the
			 Department determines, in accordance with guidelines and environmental
			 restrictions provided by Bonneville, need not be implemented;
(B) The institution has solicited
			 qualifications of licensed engineers or licensed architect-engineer teams, with
			 at least one year of documented experience in the design or operation of the
			 particular facility other than a building being studied, for accomplishing the
			 TAS before choosing a licensed engineer or licensed architect-engineer team,
			 unless otherwise agreed to by the Department and such institution;
(C) The TAS has been performed by a licensed
			 engineer or licensed architect-engineer team and has been reviewed and approved
			 by the Department;
(D) The
			 Institution provides the Department with proof of payment to a licensed
			 engineer or architect-engineer team of all agreed upon costs for performing the
			 technical assistance study.
(d) The Department shall pay an Institution
			 50 percent of the amount determined in accordance with the TAS payment formula
			 in rule
			 330-068-0090, upon
			 completion of the TAS in accordance with the above requirements. The Department
			 shall pay the institution the remaining 50 percent of the TAS amount when the
			 conditions in either of paragraphs (A) or (B) of this subsection are met:
(A) The Institution installs, at its own
			 expense, ECMs recommended in the TAS, the total cost of which is at least equal
			 to the remaining 50 percent of the TAS amount;
(B) The institution agrees in writing to
			 install, upon approval of funding, ECMs recommended in the TAS, the total cost
			 of which is at least equal to the remaining 50 percent of the TAS amount. If an
			 institution which has received the remaining 50 percent of the TAS amount, or
			 any portion thereof, does not install such ECMs upon approval of funding, the
			 Department shall require the institution to return the payment for the
			 remaining 50 percent of such institution's TAS amount, or any portion thereof
			 received, to the Department;
(C)
			 The Department shall not pay the institution the total remaining 50 percent of
			 its TAS if one of either condition in paragraph (A) or (B) of this subsection
			 is not satisfied and if:
(i) The TAS does not
			 recommend any eligible electrical ECMs even though its TAS does satisfy the
			 requirements as stated in subsections (3)(b) and (c) of this rule;
(ii) The total cost of the recommended
			 eligible electrical ECMs does not equal the remaining 50 percent of the TAS
			 amount, even though the TAS does satisfy the requirements as stated in
			 subsections (3)(b) and (c) of this rule.