Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 330 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Division 250 - COMMUNITY RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM
Section 330-250-0080 - Planning Grant: Performance Agreement

(1) The department may offer a performance agreement for planning a community renewable energy project to an applicant only if it determines that the project in the application meets all requirements under Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 508, sections 29 through 32, these rules and the applicable opportunity announcement.

(2) The performance agreement shall include information provided by the applicant.

(3) Applicants shall have 30 calendar days from the date on which the performance agreement is provided to the applicant to accept the performance agreement. An applicant's failure to accept the performance agreement by the deadline may cause rejection of the grant application.

(4) If an applicant fails to enter into a performance agreement within 30 calendar days of the date on which the department provided the performance agreement to the applicant, the department may select alternative applicants, in order of their ranking, that also meet all requirements under Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 508, sections 29 through 32, these rules and the applicable opportunity announcement.

(5) A performance agreement for planning a community renewable energy project entered into between the State Department of Energy and an applicant must provide, at a minimum:

(6) The department may release up to 30 percent of the grant moneys provided for in a performance agreement, not to exceed 30 percent of planning costs, upon entering into a performance agreement with an applicant for planning a community renewable energy project, to be spent on eligible planning costs. The department shall release the remaining grant moneys upon completion of planning under the terms of the performance agreement and receipt of items listed under section (7).

(7) Upon completion of the planning for which a grant was awarded, the grantee must provide the department with the following information:

(8) If a grantee fails, or expects to fail, to complete the planning within the time frame specified in the performance agreement, the grantee must notify the department in writing in a timely manner. The notification must describe the cause of the delay, measures taken by the grantee to resolve the delay, and a revised timeline for completing the planning. If the director determines that the grantee has demonstrated good cause for the delay, the department and the applicant may agree to an extended deadline. If the director determines that the grantee has not demonstrated good cause for the delay, the department may terminate the performance agreement and recover any grant moneys released to the applicant.