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No surprises in HUD's PACE Guidance
No surprises in HUD’s PACE Guidance
The ECOreport looks at the US Government’s updated guidelines for adopting the Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program and finds no surprises in HUD’s PACE guidance.
By Roy L Hales
Seven years ago, the White House released policy guidelines that would allow homeowners to finance home energy improvements through their property taxes. The Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is a local…
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America's First PACENation Summit
America’s First PACENation Summit
With obstacles to the spread of residential PACE about to removed and the program poised about go viral the ECOreport interviewed two principals at America’s first PACENation Summit.
By Roy L Hales
There are almost 400 registrants, from 35 or 36 states, all keenly aware that the US government is about to remove the hindrances that have kept residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (P.A.C.E.)…
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Cisco DeVries Explains How PACE is Changing
Cisco DeVries Explains How PACE is Changing
By Roy L Hales
It has been eight years since Cisco DeVries invented Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans. They were meant to spur the mass adoption of residential solar, but have also proven to be an effective means of financing other energy and water saving devices. If PACE weren’t classified as a tax, it would have been offered through-out America years ago. Instead, five years ago…
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The Solar Suburbs Of The Future
The Solar Suburbs Of The Future
The Solar Suburbs of the Future may have solar panels on every roof, an electric vehicle in every garage & ultra-efficient home batteries to store excess energy
Originally Published on YALE e360
By Marc Gunther
Imagine a truly green suburb, one in which energy-efficient homes are powered by rooftop solar panels and electric cars glide quietly down the streets. Businesses, energy experts, and…
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BC’s Cities Can Foster Rapid Solar Deployment
BC’s Cities Can Foster Rapid Solar Deployment
By Roy L Hales
BC will double its solar capacity this year. This sounds impressive, until you compare our numbers with some of the leading solar areas. We will more than 4 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity and Germany, which does not possess any more solar capacity than we do, has more than 39,000 MW. The Germans achievement was made possible because of government policies and incentives which…
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PACE Will Be Available To All Americans
PACE Will Be Available To All Americans
By Roy L Hales
In 2007, the City of Berkeley came up with an innovative program to hasten the adoption of solar technology. Homeowners could finance installations through their property taxes. Scientific American called it one of the top 20 “world-changing” ideas of the year. Unfortunately, the United States was going into a recession that started in the real estate sector. Fannie Mae and Freddie…
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Two Residential PACE programs Dominate California Headlines
Two Residential PACE programs Dominate California Headlines
By Roy L Hales
It has been nine months since California approved a $10 million reserve fund, to reimburse mortgage holders if homeowners with Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) default. (The residential program has been moving in slow motion since 2010, when, concerned about the priority PACE loans had over mortgages, the Federal Housing Finance Agency ordered the government-sponsored…
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How did California First help bring PACE home?
How did California First help bring PACE home?
By Roy L Hales
It has been seven years since Cisco DeVries came up with what Scientific American would later call one of the top 20 “world-changing” ideas of the year. He was the Mayor of Berkeley’s Chief of staff. They were thinking about ways to hasten the adoption of solar technology. DeVries realized the breakthrough they needed was financial rather than technological. The $20,000 or $30,000…
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