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State Financing and Tax Incentives for Efficiency Investments

MCLI Recommendation: “States should incentivize energy efficiency appliances through tax policy, financial incentives, labeling programs, and financing policies.”

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Resource Local Governments

EDF Briefs on On-Bill Financing

EDF has written a national policy brief on on-bill repayment, as well as a specific analysis of California’s on-bill repayment programs.
Resource Local Governments

PaceNation.org Model Rules and Database

PaceNation.us published a national database of successful PACE programs, as well as tutorials, program design options, and model language for developing a PACE program at the state or municipal level.
Resource Local Governments

NRDC Report, On-Bill Financing

NRDC has written a policy brief on on-bill financing, providing an overview and key considerations for program design.
Example States and State Governments

Missouri tax deductions for home energy audits and efficiency improvements

In July 2008 Missouri enacted legislation (codified at Mo. R.S. 143.121(8)) allowing homeowners to take an income tax deduction (up to $1000, or $2000 for couples) of the cost of home energy audits an...
Example Local Governments

Tallahassee Energy Efficiency Loan Program

The Tallahassee, Florida, Energy Efficiency Loan Program provides on-bill financing for residential and commercial energy efficiency and solar projects. When contractors perform service calls, they pr...
Example Public Utilities

Ouachita Electric Cooperative HELP PAYS program

The Ouachita Electric Cooperative HELP PAYS program approved investments of $1.6 million by the end of 2016. The program caps the cost recovery charge added to customers’ utility bills at 80% of the e...
Example States and State Governments

New York Green Bank

New York’s Green Bank was authorized and capitalized in 2013 by the Public Service Commission. NY Green Bank offers structured wholesale financial products and solutions to support a suite of clean en...
Resource States and State Governments

ACEEE Primer, On-Bill Energy Efficiency

ACEEE breaks down the differences between on-bill financing, on-bill repayment, tariffed on-bill programs, and other nuances between various on-bill programs for energy efficiency.
Resource Local Governments

Report, Financing Clean Energy: Cost-Effective Tools for State Compliance With the Clean Power Plan

The Union of Concerned Scientists published a 2015 report, Financing Clean Energy: Cost-Effective Tools for State Compliance With the Clean Power Plan, which highlights the potential of “green banks” ...
Resource States and State Governments

EPA’s Clean Energy Finance Tool

EPA’s Clean Energy Finance Tool is an Excel Tool designed to help municipalities and states make informed choices about the best program(s) for their jurisdictions from among the following options: re...
Resource Local Governments

Report, Program Design Considerations for Developing an On-Bill Financing Program

An assortment of Michigan nonprofits and NGOs prepared a primer specifically for utilities on offering on-bill repayment programs, explaining different program design options.
Example Local Governments

GreenFinanceSF

Under San Francisco’s C-PACE program, known as “GreenFinanceSF”, (established 2011, updated 2016) commercial property owners can secure 100% financing for RE and EE improvements. Once the RE and EE im...
Example States and State Governments

Connecticut Green Bank

The Connecticut Green Bank was established in 2011 to promote investment in clean energy and efficiency, and includes a program to help homeowners purchase ENERGY STAR appliances.
Resource States and State Governments

Report, Green and Resilience Banks

NRDC has published a 2016 report, Green and Resilience Banks: How the Green Investment Bank Model Can Play a Role in Scaling Up Climate Finance in Emerging Markets, which shows how Green Investment Ba...
Example Local Governments

DC Green Bank

Washington DC enacted a green bank in 2018 through the Green Finance Authority Establishment Act.
Example Local Governments

DC’s PACE Program

Pursuant to DC’s PACE program, the initial investment is provided by private lenders, and the loan is repaid through an assessment on property taxes. D.C.’s Department of Energy and Environment admini...
Example Local Governments

Seattle City Light On-Bill Financing Program

Seattle City Light partnered with the local government and Craft3, a nonprofit CDFI, in 2011 to establish an on-bill repayment program that supports residential energy efficiency upgrades in Seattle. ...
Resource Executive Branch

Green Tax Incentive Compendium

Robinson and Cole, a large law firm with offices across the United States, maintains and annually updated Green Tax Incentive Compendium, which collects federal and state tax incentives for renewable ...
Example Local Governments

Los Angeles PACE program

In 2010, Los Angeles County began offering Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs to both Commercial (C-PACE) and Residential (R-PACE) owners. All improvements that can be permanently fixed to...
Example Local Governments

Montgomery Green Bank

Montgomery County became the nation’s first local green bank in 2016. The Bank is codified at Montgomery County Code Chapter 18A Article 7.