Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 470 > Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Technology Loan Program > Primary Contractors

• Applicant: means an applicant for a loan to construct a small scale local energy project. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• 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 savings projection: means an examination of the energy performance and site characteristics of a property that, at a minimum, identifies:

  (a) A base efficiency package; and

  (b) Any additional optional measures that a customer is able to repay and that the sustainable energy project manager believes to be feasible for the site. See Oregon Statutes 470.050

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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
• On-bill financing: means a mechanism for collecting the repayment of an energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan through a utility customer account billing system. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Primary contractor: means a contractor that:

  (a) Has entered into a contract with an owner of property for which a proposed small scale local energy project will be located;

  (b) Is responsible for the completion of the small scale local energy project;

  (c) Undertakes to complete the small scale local energy project; and

  (d) Is responsible for any subcontractors performing work on the small scale local energy project. See Oregon Statutes 470.050

• Public Purpose Fund Administrator: means the entity designated by the Public Utility Commission to administer moneys collected by a company through the public purpose charge described under ORS § 757. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• 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}
• Sustainable energy project manager: means the organization responsible for promoting the energy efficiency and sustainable technology loan program or the clean energy deployment program and related incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy at the neighborhood and community level. See Oregon Statutes 470.050
• Utility service territory: means the allocated territory in which a utility subject to this chapter provides a utility service. See Oregon Statutes 470.050