Title 36A, Housing; Lottery and Games; Environment

(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. Unl…

(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 sustaina…

(1) The Public Purpose Fund Administrator shall be the sustainable energy project manager for investor-owned electric utilities. The Public Purpose Fund Administrator shall inform the Public Utility Commission and the State Department of Energy of the activities of the administra…

(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 …

(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 simil…

(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 …

(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 t…

(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 revenu…

(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 …

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…

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 m…

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 …

(1) Subject to the approval of the Director of the State Department of Energy, a local government, public utility or other legally organized entity may direct moneys to the Energy Project Supplemental Fund or Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund for use within a limited geographic area …

(1) The State Treasurer, at the request of the Director of the State Department of Energy, from time to time may issue and sell revenue bonds in the name of and on behalf of the State of Oregon in compliance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 286A in the principal amou…

(1) Revenue bonds issued under ORS 470.610 do not constitute a debt, liability or general obligation of this state or any political subdivision of this state or a pledge of the faith and credit of this state or any political subdivision of this state, but shall be payable solely …

The bonds issued by the State Treasurer under ORS 470.610 and the energy revenue bond declaration may: (1) Pledge all or any part of the fees received by the State Department of Energy under ORS 470.655 and all or any part of the moneys received in payment of energy efficiency an…

(1) The State Department of Energy may disburse energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan and small scale local energy program loan moneys by providing the loan moneys through a sustainable energy project manager or providing the loan moneys to or through an entity descri…

(1) The State Department of Energy may not complete an agreement for the issuance of an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan unless the sustainable energy project manager, a primary contractor designated by the sustainable energy project manager or a person approved …

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the amount of an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan may not exceed $40,000 for residential dwellings served by a single meter of the utility that is to provide on-bill financing. The loan limit described in …

An application for an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan must contain: (1) Information sufficient to identify real or personal property located within this state against which a fixture filing and lien may be filed under ORS 470.680 or 470.685 to secure the loan an…

(1) If an applicant for a loan to construct a residential small scale local energy project has household income that may qualify the person for a weatherization program operated by the Housing and Community Services Department, the sustainable energy project manager shall refer t…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 470.650, an applicant for an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan approved by the State Department of Energy shall pay the department a project initiation fee. Upon request of the loan applicant, the department may add all or part of a p…

(1) All investor-owned utilities, except those that have withheld consent under ORS 470.510 (3), shall provide on-bill financing, except as described in subsection (4) of this section. After an investor-owned utility has established an on-bill financing system, an energy efficien…

(1) If a consumer-owned utility has established an on-bill financing system, an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan shall be repaid by on-bill financing unless the loan agreement specifies that the State Department of Energy and the borrower have agreed to an altern…

If a customer is served by both an electric utility and a gas utility that both have an on-bill financing system, a loan repaid through on-bill financing shall be repaid through the on-bill financing system of the utility that supplies the customer’s primary source of heat for th…

(1) If a utility incurs reasonable costs in implementing an on-bill financing system that exceed any moneys received by the utility to assist in the implementation, the costs are legitimate costs for ratemaking purposes. (2) A loan repayment charge for an energy efficiency and su…

(1) Subject to ORS 470.170, the State Department of Energy may identify forms of acceptable security for energy efficiency and sustainable technology loans that the department determines will achieve the goals and requirements of the energy efficiency and sustainable technology l…

(1) The State Department of Energy or a sustainable energy project manager may act on behalf of the Director of the State Department of Energy for the purpose of recording a lien in favor of the director as required by ORS 470.170 (3) against property benefited by an energy effic…

A person that acquired an interest in a property in good faith and for a valuable consideration before the date a lien described in ORS 470.680 or 470.685 attached to the property under ORS 470.170 may avoid foreclosure of the lien by paying any delinquencies and collection costs…

A person entering into an agreement to sell, rent, lease or otherwise confer a right in the person’s real property that is benefited by an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan for which a loan repayment charge or other repayment obligation applies or for which a fixt…

(1) The State Department of Energy may use loan offset grant moneys for any of the following if, in the absence of the grant moneys, a utility customer would incur higher overall monthly costs when energy costs and small scale local energy project costs are considered: (a) Offset…

(1) The State Department of Energy shall collaborate with the State Workforce and Talent Development Board and other interested parties to identify opportunities for apprenticeship and for job training and development that would further the goals of ORS 470.500 to 470.710 and pro…

The cost of adopting rules under ORS 470.140 to carry out ORS 470.500 to 470.710: (1) May be paid from the Jobs, Energy and Schools Fund or Energy Project Bond Loan Fund; or (2) May be paid from the Small Scale Local Energy Project Administration and Bond Sinking Fund created und…

All investor-owned utilities and consumer-owned utilities that have customers enrolled in energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan programs shall, at the request of the Director of the State Department of Energy, provide the director with the following information in agg…

(1) The Clean Energy Deployment Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Clean Energy Deployment Fund shall be credited to the Clean Energy Deployment Fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to t…

(1) The Renewable Energy Development Subaccount is established in the Clean Energy Deployment Fund established in ORS 470.800. Interest earned by the Renewable Energy Development Subaccount shall be credited to the subaccount. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to t…

(1) The State Department of Energy shall establish the clean energy deployment program to provide grants and loans to support energy efficiency or clean energy projects in this state. The department shall establish criteria for qualifications of the projects by rule. (2)(a) The d…

(1) School districts that participate in the clean energy deployment program established in ORS 470.810 may finance projects to: (a) Weatherize, upgrade and retrofit kindergarten through grade 12 public schools; (b) Retrofit school bus fleets to operate on compressed natural gas …

As used in ORS 470.825 to 470.840: (1) “Community renewable energy project” means one or more renewable energy systems, storage systems, microgrids or energy-related infrastructures that promote energy resilience, increase renewable energy generation or renewable energy storage c…

(1) The Community Renewable Investment Program is established for the purpose of: (a) Offsetting the cost of planning and developing community renewable energy projects; (b) Making community renewable energy projects economically feasible for qualifying communities; (c) Promoting…

(1)(a) A performance agreement for planning a community renewable energy project entered into between the State Department of Energy and an applicant under ORS 470.830 (9) must provide, at a minimum: (A) A grant in an amount described in paragraph (b) of this subsection that cove…

The Director of the State Department of Energy may appoint an Advisory Committee on Community Renewable Investment to provide consultation on the implementation of ORS 470.825 to 470.840. A committee appointed under this section shall consist of: (1) A member of the Environmental…

(1) The Community Renewable Investment Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Community Renewable Investment Fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund consists of: (a) Moneys appropriated or otherwise tran…