(a) In evaluating eligibility, the authority shall consider whether the applicant’s loan program includes the following conditions:
(1) Loan recipients are legal owners of underlying property.
(2) Loan recipients are current on mortgage and property tax payments.
(3) Loan recipients are not in default or in bankruptcy proceedings.
(4) Loans are for less than 10 percent of the value of the property.
(5) The program offers financing for energy and water efficiency improvements.
(6) Improvements financed by the program follow applicable standards of energy efficiency retrofit work, including any guidelines adopted by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
(b) In evaluating an application, the authority shall consider all of the following factors:
(1) The use by the loan program of best practices, adopted by the authority, to qualify eligible properties for participation in underwriting the loan program.
(2) The cost efficiency of the applicant’s loan program.
(3) The projected number of jobs created by the loan program.
(4) The applicant’s loan program requirements for quality assurance and consumer protection, as related to achieving efficiency and clean energy production, in accordance with the standards developed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 26072.
(5) The mechanisms by which savings produced by this program are passed on to the property owners.
(6) Any other factors deemed appropriate by the authority.
(c) The authority may approve a loan program that offers financing for electric vehicle charging infrastructure if the electric vehicle charging infrastructure is part of a project to install energy efficiency improvements and distributed generation renewable energy resources and is designed so that the project does not increase peak energy demand.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 677, Sec. 33. (SB 1128) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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