With the passage in late April of an ordinance in metro Louisville, Kentucky now has seven Energy Project Assessment Districts (EPAD), called PACE, or "Property Assessed Clean Energy" elsewhere in the United States.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA is investing $8.8 million to boost the production of advanced biofuels and sustain jobs at renewable energy facilities in 39 states. The funding is being provided through USDA's Advanced Biofuel Payment Program, which was established in the 2008 Farm Bill.

Renovate America announced the closing of its seventh securitization of PACE bonds – the largest ever completed to date by any issuer and a designated green bond secured by 13,432 PACE assessments levied on residential properties in 31 California counties.

The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority will loan $880,662 to Randolph Trucking so that four trucks can be converted to run on compressed natural gas. The project will be funded by Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds.

NASEO recently released a new report, "Accelerating the Commercial PACE Market: Statewide Programs and State Energy Office Participation in Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing.

The adoption of energy efficiency practices and renewable energy systems in the Pacific Northwest will be accelerated through Rural Energy at Work, a new program offered by the nonprofit Wy'East Resources Conservation and Development Council with the help of a nearly $100,000 grant from the USDA Rural Development

The Washington State Department of Commerce will provide over $10 million in energy efficiency and solar grants to reduce energy costs for eight higher education institutions, 32 local governments, four state agencies, and eight public school districts. 

Gov. Cuomo announced the closing of four new NY Green Bank transactions, which are expected to generate up to $220 million in clean energy projects, including more than 6,200 residential rooftop solar installations across the state.

The Failure to Act report series from American Society of Civil Engineers answers this key question — how does the nation's failure to act to improve the condition of U.S. infrastructure systems affect the nation's economic performance?

Residential PACE financing has doubled from $1 billion less than a year ago to more than $2 billion today, according to PACENow, a nonprofit that tracks the PACE market. Commercial PACE, with larger but slower-moving projects, has scaled up to $250 million, up from about $150 million at the end of 2015.