{"id":3970,"date":"2011-07-21T11:01:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T18:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2011-07-21T11:03:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T18:03:41","slug":"a-comeback-for-pace-programs-fingers-are-crossed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/a-comeback-for-pace-programs-fingers-are-crossed\/","title":{"rendered":"A Comeback for PACE Programs? Fingers Are Crossed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PACE<\/strong> has a pulse. Today a group of Congressional leaders <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/money_co\/2011\/07\/new-legislation-attempts-to-ressurect-pace-green-home-retrofit-program.html\" target=\"_blank\">introduced legislation<\/a> that would restore local governments&#8217; ability to run property-assessed clean energy (PACE) programs. The bipartisan <a href=\"http:\/\/pacenow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/PACE-HR-Bill-Final-Language-7-12-11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PACE Protection Act<\/a> from Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) and Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.) would again allow cities and counties to help property owners finance energy efficiency and renewable energy modifications for their homes and commercial buildings \u2013 without any government subsidies or taxes.<\/p>\n<p>ICLEI USA enthusiastically supports the PACE Protection Act.<\/p>\n<p>PACE programs have been <a href=\"http:\/\/pacenow.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/new-study-shows-pace-creates-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\">proven to create local jobs<\/a> and stimulate local economies, help property owners save money and energy, and help communities reach their energy and greenhouse gas reduction goals. A common-sense win-win-win idea that was nevertheless stymied by the Federal Housing Finance Agency&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/energy-a-environment\/172515-its-time-to-stop-the-over-reach-by-fannie-and-freddie\" target=\"_blank\">overreaching and myopic decision<\/a> to block the programs last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icleiusa.org\/blog\/a-comeback-for-pace-programs-fingers-are-crossed\" target=\"_blank\">Read the complete article at ICLEI \u2013 Local Governments for Sustainability<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PACE has a pulse. Today a group of Congressional leaders introduced legislation that would restore local governments&#8217; ability to run property-assessed clean energy (PACE) programs. The bipartisan PACE Protection Act from Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) and Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.) would again allow cities and counties to help property owners finance energy efficiency &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/a-comeback-for-pace-programs-fingers-are-crossed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Comeback for PACE Programs? Fingers Are Crossed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3972,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions\/3972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}