SECTION 150:80-1-7. Selection

(a)   For purpose of selecting projects eligible for funding, the Department will subject all proposals to specific minimum threshold requirements and selection factors. Threshold requirements and selection factors shall be set out annually in the State Plan, the application guidelines, and in the application packet prepared by the Department.

(b)   Threshold requirements shall include as a minimum, the following:

(1)   Applicant for financial assistance must meet general requirements of being a school, hospital, or building owned by a Unit of Local Government or Public Care Institution;

(2)   Applicant must meet specific cost-shared requirements of the program;

(3)   Applicant must have submitted a completed application in accordance with program guidelines;

(4)   Applicant must have documented energy savings that meet specific requirements of the State Plan.

(c)   Incomplete or inappropriately completed applications shall be returned to applicant without further consideration. Applications are to provide sufficient information and documentation that allows reviewer the opportunity to draw empirical conclusions on quality of energy savings or energy conservation potential based on an energy audit or its equivalent.

(1)   Applications will be selected and ranked on a building by building basis or measure by measure basis; type of energy resource saved; quality of technical assistance report; and other factors determined by the Department, such as the greatest degree to which funding assistance would be utilized to directly decrease use of non-renewable fuel sources. Preference points will be provided to applications that have completed an energy audit or its equivalent without use of federal funds.

(2)   The Department will set aside specific criteria for hardship applications in the state Plan.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 3005, eff 7-27-95]