PACE-enabling legislation is active in 36 states plus D.C., and PACE programs are now active (launched and operating) in 24 states plus D.C. Residential PACE is currently offered in California, Florida, and Missouri. Click your state to find PACE programs operating in your area.

Benefits of PACE Financing
Eligible projects include energy efficiency improvements such as insulation, weather sealing, and high-efficiency water heaters as well as solar and other on-site renewable energy systems. PACE spreads the cost of these energy improvements over the lifetime of the project.

PACE has several benefits with respect to solar energy. In some areas, it helps meet the high demand for solar consumer financing. In particular, the long-term financing aspect is crucial to eliminating the up-front cost barrier to solar energy projects. PACE can both increase property values and save consumers money by reducing energy costs.

PACE Programs Have Been a Success
Multiple PACE pilot programs have demonstrated that PACE properties have lower foreclosure rates, increased energy savings, and provided other benefits consistent with the initiative’s overall policy objectives. Initiated as pilot programs starting in 2008, today 33 states and the District of Columbia have passed PACE-enabling legislation, and 19 states plus DC have operating PACE programs.

SEIA supports the widespread adoption of the PACE financing model with appropriate safeguards to protect property owners and leaseholders.

Recent Action
In October 2017, SEIA released a whitepaper titled “Opening C&I Solar Markets with C-PACE“, which provides an overview of C-PACE and how it can be used to encourage the growth of commercial and industrial (C&I) solar markets in the United States.

In July 2016, the White House released a new initiative called “Clean Energy Savings for All Americans“, which aims to bring one gigawatt of solar energy to lower and middle-income communities by 2020. The staple of this program is the issuance of new, clear guidance for usage of PACE financing.

Property-Assessed Clean Energy Links
Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Programs, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) – a resource page on PACE financing programs from the DOE, with information on how to set up a PACE program, a policy framework document, and webinars on a variety of PACE-related topics
PACENation Coalition – a group of independent supporters providing talking points, research, and updates on PACE activity throughout the U.S.
PACENation Map of existing programs throughout the U.S.