Tracking property tax financing programs for renewable and energy efficiency investments

Berkeley’s program for leveraging property taxes to help homeowners finance investments in solar and energy efficiency is taking off–San Francisco was the latest to announce a new program. To date, 11 states (and counting) have enacted enabling legislation allowing local municipalities to follow suit. Which ones? The good folks at the Interstate Renewable Energy Council […]

Berkeley’s program for leveraging property taxes to help homeowners finance investments in solar and energy efficiency is taking off–San Francisco was the latest to announce a new program. To date, 11 states (and counting) have enacted enabling legislation allowing local municipalities to follow suit. Which ones? The good folks at the Interstate Renewable Energy Council have conveniently added a category to their DSIRE website of all things renewable to help you keep track of the phenomenon.

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