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PEA Partners with Pennsylvania Solar Center to Expand Solar Energy Across Region

The Philadelphia Energy Authority is partnering with the Pennsylvania Solar Center’s G.E.T. Solar initiative to accelerate adoption of solar energy among the region’s businesses, municipalities, schools, and nonprofits. Through the partnership, the G.E.T. Solar initiative’s free technical assistance will be combined with financial guidance made available from the Philadelphia Green Capital Corp. Solarize Greater Philadelphia […]

Revisions to Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Usage Reduction Program (LIURP) Will Benefit Philadelphia’s Energy-Burdened Residents

By Alon Abramson, Vice President of Programs Recently, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved updates to Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Usage Reduction Program (LIURP). The utility-sponsored program provides weatherization and energy usage reduction services to assist the state’s most energy-burdened customers. The new order presents significant opportunities for program administrators. PEA anticipates that, under the new […]

Philadelphia Update of Commercial Building Energy Code Coming in 2025

Written by Scott Doig, PEA Summer 2024 Intern and Senior at Oberlin College The Philadelphia C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) program requires that new construction and gut rehab projects exceed the minimum energy efficiency code requirements established by Philadelphia’s building energy code. The current code is International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) 2018. Beginning in […]

Archive Development and PACE Loan Group Close $10.6MM deal, bringing Philadelphia C-PACE projects to $208MM total in only 4 years.

C-PACE was used to finance the construction of 114-unit multifamily property in the Fishtown neighborhood near the Market-Frankford “El” expanding on the number of transit-oriented developments in the area. On July 31, 2024, PACE Loan Group (PLG) closed a $10.6 million C-PACE loan with 1440 FRONT LLC to complete the capital stack for the new construction […]

SOLARIZE PHILLY PROGRAM HAS TRIPLED IN SIZE FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

3,300 Households Have Gone Solar With Solarize Philly, Representing $64MM In Investment In Our Local Clean Energy Economy, Further Expansion on the Horizon Visit to Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia’s first rooftop solar project exemplifies the cost-saving, climate change-fighting clean energy projects supported by the IRA Announcement kicks off sixth annual Solar Week in Philadelphia Contacts: […]