WRCOG HERO Program News and Events

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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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Bucking A Trend, California Residential Clean Energy PACE Program Thrives

9/30/2012

The HERO (Home Energy Renovation Opportunity) Program is thriving in western Riverside County, California. Although other attempts to implement PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) programs have experienced difficulties, the HERO program has successfully approved over $50 million for residential energy saving projects. Read More

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Clean Energy Upgrade Program a HERO for California Residents, Economy

9/29/2012

The Western Riverside Council of Governments has created a better way to pay for energy efficient improvements to homes that can save thousands of dollars. Consumer demand for ways to finance these improvements has caused the size of the HERO program to grow very quickly. Read More

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Energy efficiency projects top $50 million under county program

9/28/2012

The "Home Energy Renovation Opportunity"- or HERO - program was implemented by the Western Riverside Council of Governments in January and has now financed over $50 million in energy efficient projects. Read More

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Western Riverside County's HERO Financing for Energy Efficiency Improvements hits $50M in Approvals

9/27/2012

HERO is now the largest and fastest growing residential property assessed clean energy program nationwide. The Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) announced today that $50 million in energy and water saving improvements have been financed through the HERO financing program. Read More

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