What are the costs for site and project certification by the Oregon Department of Energy?
The Oregon Department of Energy is required by statute to recover its actual cost of services provided to large electricity consumers who participate in the self-direction of public purpose charges. In summary, to participate and claim a credit against public purpose charges owed for a conservation project a large electricity consumer must: • qualify their site through application with the Oregon Department of Energy; • have their project(s) pre-certified by the Department of Energy; • have a Certified Public Accountant conduct a compilation of actual qualified costs for the installed project. They can self-direct once the project is installed, qualified expenditures are compiled and the project is certified by the Oregon Department of Energy. The Department of Energy requires a deposit against the costs for these services. Deposits are collected for “site” certification and conservation or renewable resource application review. A “site” application deposit of $1,200 is an annual fee f
