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Defying the FHFA, Fannie & Freddie

November 9, 2010 – 8:30 am

Although few would associate conservative Palm Desert, California with the term municipal rebel, it may fit with regard to energy efficiency finance. Palm Desert has decided to take on the big boys at the FHFA over its innovative PACE program for financing on-site energy production systems like rooftop solar through its bond program. Can they win?

By Elizabeth Madrigal | Posted in Business | Also tagged American Clean Energy Act of 2009, Berkeley CA, Clean Energy Finance, David John Frankil, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Law website, Fannie, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA, FHFA's Statement on PACE, Freddie, Freddie Mac, Home Energy System Loans, HR 2454 Section 188, HR 3836 111th Congress, Mortgage Lender Pre-approval for PACE loans, Multifamily On-Site Energy Production Systems and Finance, MyDesert.com, PACE Bond Programs, PACE Underwriting Guidelines, Palm Desert CA, Palm Springs CA, Property Assessed Clean Energy, Property Loan to Value Ratios, PSWA, Public Works Style Assessments, Routine Tax Assessments, The American Power Act, VP Joe Biden and Obama support of PACE Model, Waxman-Markey Bill | Comments (0)

A Wake for PACE? Not So Fast…

June 14, 2010 – 7:22 am

A little-known but important financing program called Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) may be in danger of being discontinued. That would indeed be unfortunate, as it seemed to be the most promising (functional), locally-based, green-energy program available for home and apartment building retrofits.

By Elizabeth Madrigal | Posted in Business | Also tagged Apartment Financing, Apartment Loans, Aspen Times, Berkeley, Clean Energy Loans, Dylan Hoffman, Energy System Financing, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Julia Urquhart, Multifamily Energy Efficiency Retrofits, Multifamily Financing, Municipal Clean Energy, PACEnow.org, Pitkin County, Property Assessed Clean Energy, smart grid, Sustainable Industries | Comments (0)

San Francisco to Launch GreenFinanceSF

February 10, 2010 – 7:05 am

Further enhancing its green reputation, on March 2, 2010, San Francisco will launch GreenFinanceSF (GFSF), a property-assessed clean energy (PACE) program. It is expected to help upgrade a major portion of the City’s building stock. The GreenFinanceSF program was developed to finance these private residential and commercial property building upgrades when targeted for energy efficiency, water efficiency and renewable energy systems.

By Elizabeth Madrigal | Posted in Energy | Also tagged apartments, ARRA, buildings, certified contractors, certified energy auditors, energy efficiencies, Energy Loans, green property management, GreenFinanceSF, high performance, increased net operating income, LEED, Recommissioning, Retro-commissioning, San Francisco, solar photovoltaic projects, USGBC, water conservation, whole home energy performance audits | Comments (1)