1. (1) The department shall establish criteria to pre-qualify persons or firms to execute the provisions of this bill. Agencies may select persons or firms that have been pre-qualified by the department to perform auditing, commissioning, and performance verification services for energy systems.

2. (2) Energy Auditor:

   1. (a) The department shall maintain a list of pre-qualified energy auditing firms. This list must be established through an open RFP process using a qualification-based scoring criteria to determine a person’s or firm’s ability to perform energy audits in existing buildings.

   2. (b) A qualifying firm must demonstrate expertise in the following areas:

      1. (A) Commercial and industrial technology;
      2. (B) Energy auditing equipment, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems;
      3. (C) Lighting design;
      4. (D) Energy efficiency technology; and:
      5. (E) Preventative maintenance procedures.
   3. (c) Agencies may use the department’s list of pre-qualified energy auditors for the selection of a person or firm to perform energy conservation measure analysis of existing buildings.

3. (3) Commissioning Agent

   1. (a) The department maintains a list of pre-qualified commissioning firms. This list will be established through an open RFP process that uses a qualifications-based scoring criteria to determine a person’s or firm’s ability to perform commissioning of energy using systems in new and existing buildings.
   2. (b) At least one individual employed by the firm must be a member of a building commissioning professional association such as Building Commissioning Association (BCA), National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB), or Associated Air Balance Council (AABC).
   3. (c) Agencies may use the department’s list of pre-qualified commissioning agents for the selection of a person or firm to perform commissioning services for energy efficiency projects in new and existing buildings.

4. (4) Measurement and verification.

   1. (a) Agencies may select from the list of pre-qualified ESCOs described in OAR 330-130-0090(2)(b) or the list of commissioning agents described in OAR 330-130-0100(3) for the measurement and verification of implemented energy efficiency measures.

Statutory/Other Authority

Ch. 26 & OL 2008 HB 3612

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 276.900 - 276.915

History

DOE 6-2017, f. & cert. ef. 8-15-17
DOE 5-2011, f. & cert. ef. 6-27-11
DOE 5-2008, f. 7-29-08, cert. ef. 8-1-08