Code of Maine Rules
95 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
648 - EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST
Chapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST, BUDGETING, PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS
Section 648-2-4 - GENERAL DESIGN CRITERIA

A. Design Criteria for Projects and Programs. Subject to the provisions of sections 6 and 7 of this Chapter, the trustees shall only consider for funding electricity and fossil fuel conservation projects and programs that have net present value benefit-to-cost ratios greater than 1.0 pursuant to section 5 of this Chapter and, among proposals that fulfill that screening criterion, shall make final selections of grantees based on section 7(C) of this Chapter.

B. Collateral Efficiency Opportunities for Programs. In the case of programs that involve collateral efficiency opportunities as defined in section 2(G) of this Chapter, applications for funding such programs must supply the information required in section 6(D) of this Chapter. If the program would satisfy the cost-effectiveness test in section 3(D) of this Chapter without the collateral efficiency opportunities, the trustees may fund the program with one or more of the collateral efficiency opportunities included, even if section 3(D) would not be satisfied with the inclusion of the collateral efficiency opportunities. In making this decision, the trustees may consider whether the collateral efficiency opportunities would likely be lost if not funded in connection with the program.

C. Collateral Efficiency Opportunities for Projects. In the case of applicants seeking funding for projects as defined in section 2(W) of this Chapter, the trustees shall allow project applicants proactively to identify possible collateral efficiency opportunities, along with one or more separate requests for Trust funding of such opportunities. The trustees may propose to the applicant the inclusion of one or more such opportunities, along with sufficient additional funding to cover the costs of pursuing those opportunities.

D. Coordination with Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan or Interim Plan. Subject to the provisions of section 10 of this Chapter, the trustees shall seek to fulfill the purposes and goals of any Interim or Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan that is adopted for a budget year or a three-year budget cycle, as it pertains to Trust-funded programs.

E. Reliance on Other Competitive Bid Processes. In selecting a service provider or grantee, the trustees may, in their discretion, rely upon the outcome of a competitive bid process undertaken for selection of service providers or grantees for Efficiency Maine programs.