MN Bonding Projects Should Be Climate Neutral
A recent column by Democratic Energy's editor, John Bailey, outlines how potential building projects in the Governor's $900 million bonding proposal in Minnesota should be constructed so that there are...
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Commercial PACE Surges Ahead With Financing for Efficiency and Local Renewables
Property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing launched three years ago with great promise. The premise was simple: pay for building energy efficiency and on-site renewable energy with long-term...
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Provo to Write off Some Debt of Struggling iProvo Network
Provo built a city owned FTTH network after its public power utility started connecting its substations with fiber-optic cables in the early 2000's. iProvo ultimately developed along similar open...
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Municipal Financing for Renewables and Efficiency
A growing number of states are enacting laws or have existing statutes that enable cities and counties to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to significant investments in renewable energy and energy...
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Chattanooga Network Hits Milestone, Projected to Pay Off Debt Early
Chattanooga's EPBFi community fiber network has been one of the most celebrated muni networks in the nation. They were the first to offer a gigabit to anyone in the city and have launched a bounty for...
View ArticleFHFA Finally Releases PACE Ruling: Did They Repent?
After effectively suspending residential PACE energy efficiency and renewable energy municipal financing programs in 2010 and then being taken to federal court and required to do a revised rule making,...
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Television Ad Revenue for Small Networks
When communities are trying to figure out how to pay for networks, they sometimes fail to explore some logical places. A recent article on Telecompetitor gives us an estimate for revenues from...
View Article(Corporate) Crime Most Definitely Pays
The New York Times reports that on August 7 a federal judge approved a settlement between the Justice Department and Morgan Stanley. Here’s the crime. In 2006 Morgan Stanley entered into a complex swap...
View ArticleSolar Bonding
One strategy to boost solar and lower its cost is to include it in new or substantially retrofitted buildings. Several states now offer the option or requirement to include solar on new public...
View ArticleILSR Releases New Public Savings Fact Sheet
This new resource shares real world examples of public savings directly connected to municipal networks. Publicly owned broadband networks provide opportunities for local savings to taxpayers. Local...
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Commercial PACE Surges Ahead With Financing for Efficiency and Local Renewables
Property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing launched three years ago with great promise. The premise was simple: pay for building energy efficiency and on-site renewable energy with long-term...
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Provo to Write off Some Debt of Struggling iProvo Network
Provo built a city owned FTTH network after its public power utility started connecting its substations with fiber-optic cables in the early 2000's. iProvo ultimately developed along similar open...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Municipal Financing for Renewables and Efficiency
A growing number of states are enacting laws or have existing statutes that enable cities and counties to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to significant investments in renewable energy and energy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chattanooga Network Hits Milestone, Projected to Pay Off Debt Early
Chattanooga's EPBFi community fiber network has been one of the most celebrated muni networks in the nation. They were the first to offer a gigabit to anyone in the city and have launched a bounty for...
View ArticleFHFA Finally Releases PACE Ruling: Did They Repent?
After effectively suspending residential PACE energy efficiency and renewable energy municipal financing programs in 2010 and then being taken to federal court and required to do a revised rule making,...
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Television Ad Revenue for Small Networks
When communities are trying to figure out how to pay for networks, they sometimes fail to explore some logical places. A recent article on Telecompetitor gives us an estimate for revenues from...
View Article(Corporate) Crime Most Definitely Pays
The New York Times reports that on August 7 a federal judge approved a settlement between the Justice Department and Morgan Stanley. Here’s the crime. In 2006 Morgan Stanley entered into a complex swap...
View ArticleSolar Bonding
One strategy to boost solar and lower its cost is to include it in new or substantially retrofitted buildings. Several states now offer the option or requirement to include solar on new public...
View ArticleILSR Releases New Public Savings Fact Sheet
This new resource shares real world examples of public savings directly connected to municipal networks. Publicly owned broadband networks provide opportunities for local savings to taxpayers. Local...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Reserve Fund Won’t Lift the FHFA Boot From PACE’s Neck
Earlier this year, the state of California announced a $10 million loan-loss reserve to solve the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s severe restrictions on using property-tax based financing for energy...
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