Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 470 > Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Technology Loan Program > Financial Managers

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan: means a loan for a small scale local energy project that is repayable by means of:

  (a) A charge included with the participant's utility customer account billing; or

  (b) An alternative repayment method identified by the department and the borrower and specified in the loan agreement. See Oregon Statutes 470.050

• Energy Project Supplemental Fund: means the fund established under ORS § 470. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Loan: includes the purchase or other acquisition of evidence of indebtedness and money used for the purchase or other acquisition of evidence of indebtedness. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Sentencing guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Small scale local energy project: means any of the following:

  (a) A system, mechanism or series of mechanisms located primarily in Oregon that directly or indirectly uses or enables the use of, by the applicant or another person, renewable resources including, but not limited to, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, waste heat or water resources to produce energy, including heat, electricity and substitute fuels, to meet a local community or regional energy need in this state. See Oregon Statutes 470.050