Rent or lease payments allocable to the hydrogen refueling station from the execution date of the agreement until the end of the agreement. For an item of cost to be allowable, it must be included in the approved agreement budget and allowable per the terms and conditions of the resulting agreement. The following are examples of unallowable costs under an agreement resulting from this solicitation. This list is not comprehensive and additional items of cost may be unallowable in accordance with the terms and conditions. Property taxes. Interest. Penalties. Any costs which do not meet the requirements set forth in Section II.C.1, General Requirements. Forgone Profit For example, if a company usually charges 10% profit but only – charges 4% to the Energy Commission. The unclaimed difference is not an allowable item of cost. Forgone Rent For example, rents that are not paid is not an allowable item of – reimbursable cost. Discounted or Refunded Equipment For example, a claim that – equipment costs $10,000 but recipient only pays $6,000 due to some “special” discount. The difference of $4,000 is not an allowable match share expense. Another example is if the recipient actually pays $10,000 but the vendor refunds $4,000 only the net $6,000 is an allowable item of cost. – Foregone Salary, Fringe, Indirect or Types of Cost For example, a – person normally charges or is paid $100 per hour, but will only charge $50 per hour towards the Energy Commission award. Only actual costs incurred and paid to the employee are allowable. Therefore, if an employee is actually paid $100 per hour and the Energy Commission only reimburses at $40 per hour, then the unreimbursed $60 per hour is an allowable match share cost because this is an actual payment as opposed to a foregone salary amount. Volunteer labor (i.e., labor from a person who does not receive any compensation for their labor) may be an allowable in-kind match share expense if the value of the labor is reasonable and justified. There is no match share funding requirement for this solicitation.
Rent or lease payments allocable to the hydrogen refueling station from the execution date of the agreement until the end of the agreement. For an item of cost to be allowable, it must be included in the approved agreement budget and allowable per the terms and conditions of the resulting agreement. The following are examples of unallowable costs under an agreement resulting from this solicitation. This list is not comprehensive and additional items of cost may be unallowable in accordance with the terms and conditions. Property taxes. Interest. Penalties. Any costs which do not meet the requirements set forth in Section II.C.1, General Requirements. Forgone Profit – For example, if a company usually charges 10% profit but only charges 4% to the Energy Commission. The unclaimed difference is not an allowable item of cost. Forgone Rent – For example, rents that are not paid is not an allowable item of reimbursable cost. Discounted or Refunded Equipment – For example, a claim that equipment costs $10,000 but recipient only pays $6,000 due to some “special” discount. The difference of $4,000 is not an allowable match share expense. Another example is if the recipient actually pays $10,000 but the vendor refunds $4,000 – only the net $6,000 is an allowable item of cost. Foregone Salary, Fringe, Indirect or Types of Cost – For example, a person normally charges or is paid $100 per hour, but will only charge $50 per hour towards the Energy Commission award. Only actual costs incurred and paid to the employee are allowable. Therefore, if an employee is actually paid $100 per hour and the Energy Commission only reimburses at $40 per hour, then the unreimbursed $60 per hour is an allowable match share cost because this is an actual payment as opposed to a foregone salary amount. Volunteer labor (i.e., labor from a person who does not receive any compensation for their labor) may be an allowable in-kind match share expense if the value of the labor is reasonable and justified. There is no match share funding requirement for this solicitation.
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