Client Name: Downtown Development Authority of the City of Atlanta
Project Name: New PACE Financing Program: Municipal Advisory Services to Support Implementation
Project Description:
CESI was retained in 2018 to review draft legislation and program guidelines, to provide legal services regarding proposed bonding arrangements, to draft briefings and presentations, and otherwise to support the Authority and the City based on best practices nationally.
CESI worked with the City’s candidate for PACE Administrator, with bond counsel, and with the Development Authority staff to support steps toward full PACE financing implementation. Advice and background materials on protocols, systems and procedures that have worked successfully in other jurisdictions have been provided.
Further support in areas of consumer protection, validation of applications, and other technical issues in managing PACE programs is forthcoming.
Relevant Expertise: Property Assessed Clean Energy