Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 330 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Division 210 - CONSERVATION ENERGY INCENTIVE PROGRAM › Section 330-210-0070 - 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
			 project application. If the applicant does not submit the required technical
			 review fee to the department within 21 calendar days of 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 energy conservation
			 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 installation or
			 construction.
(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
			 public entity 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) The energy conservation project must have
			 a simple payback period of greater than three years. The department bases
			 simple payback on total project cost divided by the qualified annual energy
			 savings. Total project cost is calculated for this purpose before any tax
			 credits or grants are applied.
(f)
			 An applicant for a new construction or total building retrofit project must
			 indicate that the project will meet the current standard, at the time of
			 application submission, for one of the following:
(A) Leadership in Energy and Environmental
			 Design (LEED)
(i) The project must be seeking
			 LEED platinum certification with a minimum of eight Optimize Energy Performance
			 points; or
(ii) Using the
			 appropriate peer reviewed energy modeling program, the project must show a
			 minimum 26 percent improvement over ASHRAE 90.1-2007, without addenda.
(B) Green Globes
(i) The project must be seeking Green Globes,
			 Four Globes certification; or
(ii)
			 Using the appropriate peer reviewed energy modeling, the project must be a
			 building falling within the 95th percentile, or better, of the equivalent
			 building stock listed in the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey
			 (CBECS). Where an equivalent building type is not listed, the modeling must be
			 equivalent to a minimum 26 percent improvement over ASHRAE 90.1-2007, without
			 addenda.
(C) Reach Code
(i) Project plans must be submitted to a
			 local building department and approved for building under the Oregon Reach
			 Code.
(ii) For proposed buildings
			 either required to model or opting for the modeling path, the energy model must
			 show at least an 18 percent improvement over the Oregon Energy Efficiency
			 Specialty Code.
(D)
			 Earth Advantage
(i) The project must be
			 seeking Earth Advantage Gold Certification; or
(ii) Using the appropriate peer reviewed
			 energy modeling program, the project must show a minimum 18 percent improvement
			 over the Oregon Energy Efficiency Specialty Code.
(g) An application for replacing
			 inefficient equipment must demonstrate that the equipment being replaced is
			 within its useful service life and in a good state of repair.
(h) A qualified third party must evaluate and
			 recommend research and development projects.
(i) The qualified annual energy savings of
			 the energy conservation project must pay back the qualifying cost within the
			 service life of the project. This requirement does not apply to research and
			 development projects.
(j) The
			 department may require that the baseline energy conservation project be
			 specifically identified and permanently decommissioned.
(k) A combined heat and power or co-gen
			 project must:
(A) Increase the overall
			 efficiency as compared to existing energy use or standard separate power and
			 heat production that would provide the same amount of net energy.
(B) Meet or exceed annual fuel conversion
			 efficiency as outlined in the Opportunity Announcement.
(C) Meet any other requirements listed in the
			 Opportunity Announcement.