Or. Admin. R. 330-220-0010 - Definitions
For the purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Acquisition" includes:
(a) For an alternative fuel vehicle
infrastructure project, installation or construction of a facility for mixing,
storing, compressing or dispensing fuels for alternative fuel vehicles, and any
other necessary and reasonable equipment.
(b) For an alternative fuel vehicle fleet
project, the replacement of two or more vehicles that are not used primarily
for personal, family or household purposes, with vehicles that are modified or
acquired directly from the factory and that:
(A) Use an alternative fuel, including
electricity, biofuel, gasohol with at least 20 percent denatured alcohol
content, hydrogen, Hythane, methane, methanol, natural gas, propane or any
other fuel approved by the Director of the State Department of Energy as an
alternative fuel; and
(B) Produce
lower exhaust emissions, or are more energy efficient, than equivalent vehicles
fueled by gasoline or diesel.
(2) "Alternative Fuel" means a motor vehicle
fuel, other than petroleum gasoline or diesel, certified by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency for roadway use that results in equivalent or
lower exhaust emissions or higher energy efficiency when used. Alternative
fuels include electricity, biofuels, hydrogen, Hythane, methane, methanol,
natural gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum
gas (propane), renewable diesel, butanol and other fuels the director allows.
Blends of these alternative fuels with conventional fuels will only be
considered an alternative fuel under these rules when the concentration of the
alternative fuel is 20 percent of the entire volume of the blended fuel or
greater. Hydrated fuels must have water content of 10 percent of the entire
volume of the blended fuel or greater to be considered eligible as an
alternative fuel under these rules.
(3) "Alternative fuel vehicle project" has
the meaning given in ORS
469B.320.
(4) "Applicant" means a person who has
applied for or who has received a preliminary certificate for a transportation
energy incentives program tax credit.
(5) "Capital lease" means a fixed-term lease
where the lessee records the leased vehicle as assets and is eligible to claim
depreciation on those vehicles for tax purposes.
(6) "Certified cost" means the cost
determined by the department during the review of final application, used as
the basis for calculating the tax credit documented on the final certificate.
(7) "Cost" has the meaning given
in ORS 469B.320 including:
(a) For an alternative fuel vehicle
infrastructure project, the capital expenditures to acquire, erect, design,
build, convert, or install a project.
(b) For an alternative fuel vehicle fleet
project, the:
(A) Expenditures necessary to
convert two or more existing vehicles into alternative fuel vehicles,
(B) Incremental expenditures to
acquire two or more replacement alternative fuel vehicles, or
(C) For class 8 tractors, the incremental
expenditure to acquire two or more replacement alternative fuel vehicles as
determined and stated by the department in an Opportunity Announcement.
(8)
"Department" means the Oregon Department of Energy.
(9) "Director" means the director of the
department.
(10) "Incremental
expenditure" means the difference between the cost of an alternative fuel
vehicle and a comparable traditional fuel vehicle, or an amount determined by
the department as defined in OAR 330-220-0010(7)(b)(C).
(11) "Natural gas" means a gaseous fuel
comprised primarily of methane derived from either hydro-carbon based or
renewable sources, which can be used as a transportation fuel.
(12) "Opportunity period" means the timeframe
specified in an Opportunity Announcement for the department to accept
applications for alternative fuel vehicle projects.
(13) "Qualifying cost" means the amount of
the alternative fuel vehicle project's proposed cost that may be eligible for
the program.
(14) "Replacement" or
"replaced" means either:
(a) The removal of
existing fleet vehicles and substitution of new alternative fuel vehicles, or
(b) Conversion of the fuel system
of existing fleet vehicles to use alternative fuels.
(15) "Total project cost" means all costs
directly associated with an alternative fuel vehicle project, including costs
that are not qualifying costs.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 469.040, 469B.326, 469B.332, 469B.347
Stats. Implemented: ORS 315.336 & 469B.320 - 469B.347
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