PEA Leverages Historic Federal Funding, Surge in Private Financing to Reduce Philadelphia’s Energy Use, Make Significant Progress Toward Carbon Neutrality Contact: Emily Schapira Philadelphia Energy Authority 215-686-4483 eschapira@philaenergy.org  Philadelphia, PA —  The Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA) joins its green bank affiliate, the Philadelphia Green Capital Corp., to announce progress of the Philadelphia Energy Campaign. In […]

Philadelphia C-PACE released its 4th annual C-PACE Year in Review. The program reached $200 million in closed deals at the end of 2023, doubling the total dollar volume of deals closed in just one year. Additional highlights from the report include: All six projects that closed in Philadelphia in 2023 were 100% multifamily or mixed use […]

Written by Brian Lavinio, PEA intern and Williams College (2024) Solarize Philly is your one-stop shop to go solar for your property. This is the second addition in a two-part blog series focused on solar, storage, and other technologies highlighted in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Part 1 is here. The IRA is a powerful tool with […]

Written by Brian Lavinio, PEA intern and Williams College (2024) This is the first in a two-part blog series focused on financing solutions for solar, storage, and other renewables technologies for commercial properties. The primary driver is the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Signed into law by President Biden in August, 2022, the historic piece of […]

Editor’s Note: The following post is written by guest blogger David Cohan Senior Advisor with the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT). C-PACE is an excellent financing tool to pair with a VHE HVAC upgrade. This post reviews the problems with the standard electrification approach (swap heat pumps for gas-fired heating equipment) and a better solution […]