Grants to assist landlords with providing community cooling spaces. (1) The State Department of Energy shall provide a grant to the nongovernmental entity that administers public purpose charge moneys under ORS 757.612 (3)(d) to enable the nongovernmental entity to assist landlords in creating or operating, whenever there is an extreme heat event for the forecast zone of the premises as described in ORS 90.355, one or more private community cooling spaces available to the landlord’s tenants during the extreme heat event that are on or near the premises and that maintain a temperature of not higher than 80 degrees Fahrenheit

(2) Assistance provided under this section may include:

(a) Grants to landlords to create or operate community cooling spaces that will accommodate at least five individuals.

(b) Information to landlords regarding:

(A) Lists of providers and installers of suitable cooling devices;

(B) Private and government programs that may be used to create or operate community cooling spaces; and

(C) Best practices and model technical specifications for installing and operating various temporary and permanent community cooling spaces.

(c) Promoting the services relating to community cooling spaces under this section that are provided by the nongovernmental entity.

(3) The nongovernmental entity receiving a grant under this section shall maintain separate accounting of the expenditures of the grant funds and shall report the accounting to the Public Utility Commission and the independent auditor described in ORS 757.746 (1)(d). The nongovernmental entity may not utilize moneys received under ORS 757.054 (4) or 757.612 (3)(d) for grant purposes under this section. [2022 c.86 §24; 2023 c.442 §77]

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