Energy-conference-set-for-March…..When the Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a letter last July slapping strong restrictions on affordable financing programs for energy efficiency, such as Palm Desert’s, it was widely viewed as a death knell for the programs, which have spread from the Coachella Valley to 22 states across the nation. But now, a city-sponsored conference, set for March 3-4 at UC Riverside’s Palm Desert campus, aims to rally national support for clean energy financing programs and map out new strategies for either circumventing or ending the federal stranglehold.
Sonoma County has prepared the Replication Guidance Package for Local Governments to assist local governments in developing a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program.
