Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Amount of Credits Allowed for a Facility:
(a) During any calendar year, a Manufacturing
BETC preliminary certification will not be issued for more than:
(A) $40 million in maximum eligible facility
costs for a renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility, not
including those used to manufacture electric vehicles;
(B) $2.5 million in maximum eligible facility
costs for a renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility used to
manufacture electric vehicles;
(2) Return of Review Charge for Returned
Incomplete Applications: If the Department does not accept and returns an
incomplete application for preliminary certification, the Department will also
return the review charge submitted by the applicant.
(3) Cost of Reviews: ORS
469.217 requires applicants to
pay all costs for the review of their applications. In order to meet this
statutory requirement the Department has established the following schedule for
payments to accompany an application.
(a)
Included with each application for preliminary certification must be a payment
payable to the Department. The payment will be 0.0060 multiplied by the
facility eligible cost not to exceed a payment amount of $75,000.
(b) A refund of up to 75 percent of this
payment may be granted up to 730 days (2 years) from the date the preliminary
certification application was received by the Department. Under no
circumstances will an amount over 75 percent be refunded. Conditions for which
a refund may be granted are:
(D) Denial of a
application for preliminary certification; or
(E) Denial of a portion of costs requested in
an application for preliminary certification; or,
(F) A request to amend a preliminary
certification resulting in decreased eligible costs. A refund will not be
granted for any costs that are included in a pending certification.
(c) Requests for amendments or
changes to a preliminary certification must be accompanied by a payment. The
payment is the lesser of $300 or the preliminary certification application fee
for the project. If a request to amend a preliminary certification results in
facility re-certification with increased eligible cost then additional
application payments will be paid for the additional cost as specified in
(3)(a) of this rule.
(d) No
facilities will be exempt from these requirements including applications for
Manufacturing BETC pass-through under OAR 330-091-0140.
(e) The payment is a required part of a
completed preliminary certification application. Preliminary certifications
will only be issued if the application is complete. In addition, the applicant
may be required to pay for costs incurred in connection with the application
that exceed these payments and which the Director of the Department determines
are incurred solely in connection with processing the application. The
applicant will be advised of any additional costs the applicant must pay before
the costs are incurred.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
469.040 &
469.165,
469.185 -
469.225, OL 2011, Ch. 474 HB2523
Stats. Implemented: OL 2011, Ch. 474 HB2523
