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Additional Priority Scoring Considerations Question 3
Should ODOE establish a minimum ratio of project funds to be awarded to qualifying contractors? As contracts may not be awarded until the grant funding is in place, how would an applicant demonstrate compliance?HB 2021, Section 30 (10)(e) Include inclusive hiring and promotion policies for workers working on the projects.
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Additional Priority Scoring Considerations Question 2
HB 2021, Section 30 (10)(d) Projects constructed in part or in whole by disadvantaged business enterprises, emerging small businesses or businesses that are owned by minorities, women or disabled veterans.
Should ODOE establish a minimum ratio of project funds to be awarded to qualifying contractors? As contracts may not be awarded until the grant funding is in place, how would an applicant demonstrate compliance? -
Additional Priority Scoring Considerations Question 1
HB 2021, Section 30 (10)(b) Demonstrate significant prior investments in energy efficiency measures at the project location or will result in aggregate improvements to demand response capabilities.
What constitutes a significant prior investment?
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Energy Resilience Considerations Question 4
Should ODOE establish minimum criteria to qualify a project as a resilience project? For example, some minimum criteria that staff have researched include critical infrastructure to be powered and whether the structure or facility could be expected to survive a natural disasters or other resilience events. -
Energy Resilience Considerations Question 3
What specific resilience metrics could be included in program rules to enable differentiation between applicants? For example, some resilience metrics that staff have researched include criticality of the facility or structure, population served, number of people served, and location in a high-risk area. -
Energy Resilience Considerations Question 2
To what extent should ODOE’s rules prioritize projects that demonstrate alignment with a FEMA-approved Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan? -
Energy Resilience Considerations Question 1
Are there existing designations of structures or facilities, essential to public welfare, that ODOE could consider adopting or modifying for purposes of this program? For example, some existing designations that staff have researched include those identified by FEMA and Oregon Office of Emergency Management. -
Equity Metrics Question 7
How can ODOE support communities with limited capacity to develop applications? -
Equity Metrics Question 6
Are there other grant programs in Oregon or in other states that seek to benefit EJ communities that could be used as a model? -
Equity Metrics Question 5
If applicants are required to demonstrate their status as an EJ community, are there tools available to help demonstrate qualification? Are these tools accessible to smaller communities with limited staff to develop grant applications? Are EJ Screen1 and U.S. Census analysis good tools for the program to use to help determine if an applicant qualifies as an EJ community?
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