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Presentation urges Washtenaw County to renew commercial PACE participation to finance building upgrades
Summary
Andy Levin of Lean and Green Michigan described how Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing has funded energy, resiliency and hazard remediation projects across Michigan and asked Washtenaw County to reauthorize updated program language to reflect recent state statutory changes.
Andy Levin, founder and chief strategist of Lean and Green Michigan, briefed the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners and the county’s environmental council on the state’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program and urged the county to update its program documents to reflect statutory changes made at the state level.
Levin said C-PACE provides private capital to finance energy and resiliency upgrades for qualifying non‑residential properties and nonprofit buildings. He described the mechanism as a county-authorized tax assessment secured by private lenders: lenders can offer long-term, fixed-rate financing because the municipal assessment provides a senior, tax‑enforcement backed security if a property owner defaults.
Why it matters: Levin and supporters said updated PACE language would allow property owners to finance a wider range of projects — from energy efficiency and solar to lead-paint abatement, PFAS remediation and…
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