WRCOG HERO Program News and Events

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Cities and Counties Across California Adopt Open PACE Marketplace Strategy

6/5/2013

Cities and counties continue to make improvements in how to best implement Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) within their community. Today, more than 69 cities and counties have approved multiple PACE programs to operate simultaneously within their jurisdiction. Read More

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HERO Financing Program Approved in San Bernardino County

5/29/2013

23 cities and towns within San Bernardino County and the County of San Bernardino Pass Resolutions to Adopt Successful Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing Program... Read More

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Open PACE Markets Provide Most Benefit to Property Owners

5/21/2013

More and more municipalities are embracing Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing programs as a valuable service they can offer to residents at no cost to the public coffers. Read More

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Two Cities In San Diego County Join PACE Program

4/25/2013

California's San Marcos City Council and Vista City Council have each passed a resolution to adopt a property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing program that would help residential and commercial property owners pay for renewable energy projects, such as solar arrays. Read More

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IE Homes go green with loan program

2/15/2013

The HERO program is helping Riverside County homeowners pay for energy efficient improvements. It will soon be statewide. Read More

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Riverside County’s HERO PACE Program Expands Throughout California

2/13/2013

Program officials hope that the overwhelming success of HERO in Riverside County will encourage other cities and counties to establish PACE programs of their own. Read More

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REAL ESTATE: HERO finance program expanded

2/7/2013

The program that provided funding to Riverside County residents who wanted to add energy-efficient upgrades to their homes is being expanded to the rest of California Read More

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Riverside County’s Property Assessed Clean Energy Program Tops $100mm, Goes State-Wide

2/1/2013

Home to the most successful Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in the nation, California’s Riverside County has announced that its HERO (Home Energy Renovation Opportunity) Program financing is now available throughout the Golden State. Read More

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Wildly Successful Residential PACE Program in Riverside County Now Available to Communities throughout California

1/29/2013

Riverside, Calif. – Riverside County, California is home to the largest and fastest-growing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in the country. HERO Financing is currently available to homeowners in western Riverside County to make energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades and finance the work through their property taxes. Thanks to the overwhelming success of the program, HERO Financing is now available to communities throughout California. Read More

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Canyon Lakers take advantage of HERO Program

12/28/2012

According to the latest figures from Western Riverside Council of Governments' HERO Program, Canyon Lake homeowners have been approved for over $1.9 million in financing for energy efficient projects in the home since the HERO Program started just over a year ago. Canyon Lakers Raymond and Devlin Fillmore are among those who have gotten their hands on some of that money. Read More

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