Innovative Clean Energy Financing Using Property Tax Increase

Published: Dec. 13, 2011, 8:25 p.m.

b"Lisa Cohn of RealEnergyWriters.com interviews Dan Schaefer, president of Ygrene, which has launched a clean energy finance and job creation model. Ygrene's PACE enables building owners to fund renewable energy and efficiency improvements at no upfront cost though an annual assessment on building owners' tax bills. The savings pay back the cost of the program."