1. (1) “Covered commercial building” means a Tier 1 building or Tier 2 building as defined in ORS section 469.275.
2. (2) “Department” means the Oregon Department of Energy.
3. (3) “Director” means the director of the Oregon Department of Energy.
4. (4) “EUI” means Energy Use Intensity as defined in ORS section 469.275.
5. (5) “EUIt” means Energy Use Intensity target as defined in ORS section 469.275.
6. (6) “GFA” means Gross Floor Area as defined in ORS section 469.275.

7. (7) “Multifamily affordable housing” means a residential building for which the building owner provides proof of qualification under one or more of the following programs administered by Oregon Housing and Community Services:

   1. (a) A housing capital funding offering issued through a Notice of Funding Availability
   2. (b) Low Income Housing Tax Credits
   3. (c) Oregon Multifamily Energy Program
   4. (d) Conduit/Pass-Through Revenue Bond Financing Program
   5. (e) Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program
   6. (f) Loan Guarantee Program and General Guarantee Program
   7. (g) Oregon Rural Rehabilitation Loan Program
8. (8) “Multifamily Residential Building” means a covered multifamily building on contiguous property, containing sleeping units or more than five (5) dwelling units where occupancy is primarily permanent in nature.

9. (9) “Qualified utility territory” means any of the following:

   1. (a) a consumer-owned or investor-owned gas utility
   2. (b) a consumer-owned or investor-owned electric utility with greater than 50,000 customers and that makes sales of electricity to retail electricity consumers in an amount that equals three percent or more of all electricity sold to retail electricity consumers in Oregon.
10. (10) “Rural area” means any geographic areas in Oregon ten or more miles from the centroid of a population center of 40,000 people or more, as defined by the Oregon Office of Rural Health.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 469.040 & ORS 469.275-469.291

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 469.275-469.291

History

DOE 5-2025, adopt filed 08/04/2025, effective 08/05/2025