OAR 330-270-0030: Entity Eligibility

(1) To be eligible to receive a grant, an eligible entity must establish in its application to the Department that it: (a) Serves or represents: (A) At least one environmental justice community within a region; or (B) Members of a federally recognized Indian tribe in Oregon; and (b) Has the capacity to administer grant funds for the program. (2) Where an eligible entity serves or represents a community that is located within more than one region, that eligible entity may only apply for a grant for the region within which the greatest percentage of individuals of the community the entity serves or represents reside. (3) An eligible entity may apply for a grant for one region or tribe and be a partner on an application by another eligible entity for another region or tribe. (4)(a) An eligible entity that serves a specific geographic area may propose, in consultation with any electric utility that serves the area, that the Department use alternative boundaries to define a region. (b) Alternative boundaries shall not result overlapping regional boundaries. (c) Alternative boundaries may not result in the division of a region. (d) The Department may approve the use of alternative boundaries if 51 percent or more of the eligible entity’s specific geographical area is within the proposed alternative boundaries.