Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director Yesterday I had the opportunity to testify at a hearing held by the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and and Financial Institutions entitled “Addressing Climate as a Systemic Risk: The Need to Build Resilience within … [continued]
Originally published on Green Building Elements. California has been the model for the PACE loan, which stands for Property Assessed Clean Energy. It is a special program designed to make it easier and less expensive for homeowners to add energy efficient improvements to their homes. Here’s how it works. A … [continued]
The origins and growth of property tax assessed clean energy – PACE programs – within California and the first company to start-up in another state.
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing is one of the awesomest clean energy programs out there. Basically, here’s the summary: 1) your solar power system (or energy efficiency upgrade) is financed through government-issued bonds*; 2) you pay the bonds back through higher property taxes for a decade or two to … [continued]
Editor’s note: PACE programs are hugely supported by CleanTechnica, and we’ve written about them (and summarized the idea) several times over the years. Here’s another good summary (I think we’re due for one, in case you haven’t heard about the idea yet) as well as quite an interesting potential collision … [continued]
It can with your help — submit a comment to the FHFA by Thursday, Sept. 13! After effectively suspending residential PACE energy efficiency and renewable energy municipal financing programs in 2010, and then being taken to federal court and required to do a revised rule making, the Federal Housing Finance … [continued]
This is a very important post on a very important clean energy financing option that has been in hibernation, or maimed, for quite awhile now. Check it out and make sure to take action via the links on the bottom of the post! (Note that it was originally published on January 25.) If you’re interested in reading more on PACE than what’s below, check out our page on it (linked above).
