Getting Ready for PACE in New Jersey — Part 5*

In the last post, we described the essential features of the program as laid out in the legislation. The next section addresses “Local C-PACE program[s].” This is somewhat ambiguous because all NJ C-PACE programs require a local ordinance; but in Read More …

NJ C-PACE Guidelines Posted for Public Comment — Info Session Friday, April 14, 10 am

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has published the preliminary guidelines for the Garden State C-PACE program (here), covering retrofits to existing buildings. RSVP for the Informational Webinar on Friday, April 14 at 10 am here.

Rolling Out Commercial PACE in NJ in 2018

New Jersey is about to experience a surge of new clean energy projects, unleashing a considerable amount of additional private financing for energy efficiency and renewables. Amendments to NJ’s existing PACE law are being passed in the NJ Legislature this Read More …

A Message from Two Mayors about PACE

The Hill, a web site covering Congress, politics, political campaigns and Capitol Hill, recently posted an opinion piece titled “Congress should let local communities set their own PACE,” written by Mayor Jeri Muoio Ph.D. (D), of West Palm Beach, Florida. and Mayor Rex Parris Read More …

Launching a Coalition for PACE in New Jersey

In the wake of Governor Christie’s conditional veto of A2579/S1510, the action we’re taking is to initiate a coalition of key players to: (a) resolve any issues standing in the way of a new, comprehensive, and workable bill — acceptable Read More …

Dec 15 Webinar to Present the Future of PACE — and What’s Possible Now

More than 140 people attended today’s webinar. We’ll post a link to the recording shortly. PACE, which stands for Property Assessed Clean Energy, represents a multi-billion dollar opportunity for New Jersey. New Jersey already has PACE legislation, but with deficiencies Read More …

Understanding the Conditional Veto of PACE in NJ

The following is the text of a public statement being distributed by NJPACE at this week’s NJ State League of Municipalities Convention in Atlantic City. You can download the PDF here. For the past three years, New Jersey PACE, a Read More …

Understanding the Conditional Veto Language

As you may have read, the Governor issued a Conditional Veto of the PACE bill (A2579) on Nov. 9, limiting the program to a “pilot” with a maximum of ten towns, and excluding any town that has received Transitional Aid or other Read More …

Business Leaders Urge Gov. Christie to Sign PACE Bill

Further to a broad email campaign by various nonprofit organizations, several key industry leaders have called or written to the Governor, asking him to sign the PACE bill (A2579/S1510), which has been on his desk since June 25. Here’s one Read More …