Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 330 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Division 135 - 1.5 PERCENT FOR GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY IN PUBLIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
Section 330-135-0018 - Requirement for Inclusion of Green Energy Technology
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Except as provided in OAR 330-135-0040, contracting agencies must spend an amount equal to at least 1.5 percent of the total contract price of a subject public building project, as defined in OAR 330-135-0020, for the inclusion of eligible green energy technology, or if green energy technology is not appropriate energy use efficiency or woody biomass energy technology, in the subject public building.
(2) Contracting agencies may install the green energy technology (other than battery storage), energy use efficiency, or woody biomass energy technology required under subsection (1) of this section at a site located away from the eligible public building in accordance with ORS 279C.527(3)(a) to (b), as amended by Oregon Laws 2019, chapter 160 (HB 2496).
(3) Contracting agencies may defer expenditure of these funds under the conditions of OAR 330-135-0045 and 330-135-0051.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 469.040, ORS 279C.528 & OL 2019, Ch. 160 (HB 2496)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 279C.528, ORS 279C.527 & OL 2019, Ch. 160 (HB 2496)