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Washington County staff recommend sunsetting CPACE pilot after two completed projects
Summary
County economic development staff told commissioners the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) demonstration has yielded two completed projects but insufficient pipeline and staffing to continue; staff recommended the Board introduce an ordinance to end the program before its 2025 statutory sunset.
Acting Chair Pam Treese — sitting in for Chair Harrington — and county staff discussed a staff recommendation to end Washington County’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy program before its scheduled demonstration end date.
"Based on the lack of meaningful policy connections, we recommend sunsetting the program," Economic Development Manager Adrienne Chalay told the Board. Staff said the recommendation is driven primarily by insufficient staffing to manage the program and by limited evidence that the program produced the intended resilience and economic-development outcomes.
The CPACE program, authorized by the Oregon State Legislature and implemented by the County through Board ordinance, allows private capital providers to make long‑term, priority-lien loans to commercial property owners for clean‑energy, water‑efficiency and seismic improvements. Washington County adopted Ordinance 891 on Oct. 18, 2022, and a second ordinance amendment in Nov. 2024 established a demonstration period…
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