“New Jersey Must Consider Climate Change Risks in Recovery Programs”

Writing in The Energy Collective, Ben Chou, Water Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. notes: Extreme weather events in recent years have made states throughout the country rethink how investments in communities can make them more resilient to future storms and other Read More …

NJPACE Offers Discounts to Intersolar 2014 New Jersey Summit March 20

New Jersey PACE is proud to be partnering with the upcoming Intersolar Summit – New Jersey taking place on March 20th at the Sheraton Edison Hotel. Through our partnership we are able to provide Discounted Registration to NJPACE Alliance members and Read More …

CT Celebrates First Anniversary of C-PACE

There is no question that Connecticut’s C-PACE program is the most successful in the country. Launched just thirteen months ago, the program has completed sixteen financings, and has another 120 projects in the pipeline. The program is accepted by more Read More …

Hilton Hotel $7 Million Makeover Largest PACE Project to Date

As reported in the LA Daily News (1/28/2014), Executives and elected officials on Tuesday celebrated the completion of a $7 million energy-saving retrofit of the Universal Hilton, the biggest project of its kind in the nation. The project was funded through Read More …

America’s Mayors Strongly Support Clean Energy

A new report, based on a survey of 288 cities of 30,000+ across the country, shows that America’s Mayors strongly support expanding energy efficiency and renewables in their communities. Some key findings: Many mayors anticipate further growth in the deployment Read More …

How NJPACE will Reduce the Cost of Solar in New Jersey

John Farrell, of the Local Institute for Self-Reliance, has recently noted several ways in solar PPAs and leasing are increasing the taxpayer-subsidized cost of renewable energy. In “The High Cost of the Solar Middleman” (Jan 9, 2014), he cites a Read More …

Former Governor Jim Florio Cites NJPACE in Year-End NJSpotlight Article

In an article highlighted on NJSpotlight as part of an end-of-the-year series of reflections by former NJ governors, Jim Florio writes: A relatively new program — PACE, which stands for “Property Assessed Clean Energy” — has taken hold in places Read More …

SF Back on the PACE Wagon

In “San Francisco Getting Back On The PACE Wagon!“, Zachary Shahan, director of CleanTechnica and Planetsave, writes that “(PACE) financing is one of the awesomest clean energy programs out there.” In explaining it to township committees, energy contractors, property owners, Read More …

New Jersey PACE / CRCS Now a 501c3 Nonprofit

The IRS has just issued its letter approving our request for 501c3 tax exemption for the Center for Regenerative Community Solutions (CRCS), parent organization for the nonprofit New Jersey PACE program. This now makes it possible for us to accept (and issue Read More …

PACE vs. PPAs or Leasing

Power Purchase Agreements or PPAs are one of the most important business model innovations in the clean energy space. As our newest Advisory Board member Jigar Shah — who successfully pioneered the model as the basis for establishing SunEdison as Read More …