Pace Collier
Creating Jobs, Saving Energy in Collier County, Florida
Energy Task Force to present review to Collier commissioners
Mar 8th
The Collier County Energy Task Force will present March 13th an update to the Collier County Commission.
The report will focus on PACE projects currently moving forward in neighboring Dade & Lee counties and will seek approval to move forward in Collier with a survey of interested property owners.
Here is the Executive Summary to be presented to the Collier lawmakers on March 13th:
Status Report:
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program ________________________________________
PACE programs were authorized by HB 7179, signed by Gov. Crist on May 27, 2010. PACE is a financing mechanism similar to a special taxing district, providing voluntary loans for energy efficiency retrofits More >
Efforts to reduce energy use in Southwest Florida
Oct 28th
Collier County Energy Task Force and Naples NPower Committee member Brian Doyle writes in the online publication, Examiner.com, about efforts in Southwest Florida to reduce energy use and slow the flow of CO2 in our region:
“The City of Naples and the Collier County governments have moved forward with Energy assessments and have committed to energy reduction throughout all of its departments.” Read more of Brian’s piece here.
PACECollier project inches toward reality
Oct 18th
The drive to establish a PACE project for commercial – and possibly even residential – property owners in Collier County continues moving forward, slowly but moving.
The Collier County Energy Task Force, established by Collier Commissioner Jim Coletta, is currently preparing a report with recommendations for the county’s lawmakers and will present its findings in November or December, 2011.
The task force, all citizen volunteers, has received preliminary information from potential third-party administrators of a PACE project, has met with those vendors and will include its findings when it reports to the Collier County Commission in the coming weeks.
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Collier Energy Task Force to meet September 9th
Aug 25th
The Collier County Energy Tax Force will get the chance September 9th to hear, firsthand, from two organizations interested in operating a PACE project in Collier County.
The task force, appointed by Collier Commissioner Jim Coletta, will meet at 3 p.m. in the 5th Floor Training Room of the Harmon W. Turner Administration Building at the Collier County Government Complex in East Naples. Representatives from both EcoCity and Ygrene will attend to answer questions and discuss their proposals.
PACE, or Property Assessed Clean Energy, is a public-private partnership opportunity for communities and local governments to reduce energy use and create jobs.
Following the More >
Proposals for PACECollier Project Under Review
Jul 7th
Two companies, both of which have bases in Florida and California, have submitted proposals to operate a PACE project in Collier County.
The proposals are currently under review by Collier County staff and the county’s Energy Task Force, a citizen volunteer panel. The Task Force will meet Monday, July 25 to review the proposals and discuss them. Once the review is complete, the proposals will move on to the Collier County Commission.
It is anticipated both companies will make formal presentations to the county lawmakers after which the decision will be made to move forward with a PACE project or table it for More >
PACE project for commercial properties moves forward.
Mar 9th
Owners of commercial properties in Collier County may soon have the opportunity to reduce energy use while also helping to create jobs cut back on the use of foreign oil.
Collier County Commissioners agreed March 8th to allow the Collier Energy Task Force, a citizen’s panel created by Commissioner Jim Coletta, to seek out firms interested in proposing and operated a PACE project for commercial properties in Collier County.
PACE is an acronym for Property Assessed Clean Energy and the concept allows local governments – counties and cities – to create a pool of funds from which property owners can borrow to More >
PACECollier to present commercial PACE project!
Feb 25th
Collier County Commissioners are set to hear March 8th of plans to develop a PACE project for commercial property owners in Collier County.
The Collier Energy Task Force, formed by Collier Commissioner Jim Coletta, will update lawmakers on PACE in Collier and urge them to move forward with a PACE project for commercial properties while we wait for Washington mortgage regulators to clear roadblocks to residential PACE projects.
You can read more about commercial PACE projects here at the website of our friends, PACENOW.org.
Collier Energy Task Force to meet Feb. 10
Feb 1st
The Collier County Energy Task Force will follow up its Jan. 27 meeting with a second meeting on Feb. 10, 3 p.m. in the 5th Floor Training Room of the Harmon W. Turner Administration Building on the Collier Government Complex campus in East Naples.
The Task Force, established by Collier County Commissioner Jim Coletta, has been meeting for over a year to seek ways to reduce energy use in Collier County. The task force decided Jan. 27 to explore a commercial PACE initiative while waiting for roadblocks to be eliminated from residential PACE initiatives.
The City of Gulfport, Florida is moving ahead More >