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Clay County approves Show Me PACE membership to allow commercial energy financing

Clay County Commission · December 19, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners voted to join the Show Me PACE district, enabling commercial property owners to finance energy-efficiency and solar projects through a lien-based assessment mechanism; staff said the county is a nonparty and PACE bills will be handled by a third-party servicer.

The Clay County Commission voted to join the Show Me PACE district (Ordinance 28) after staff and a Show Me PACE representative outlined how the program would operate for commercial projects.

Josh Campbell, Missouri Energy Initiative administrator for Show Me PACE, described the program and said the first local project in the county is for Walnut Creek Winery with contractor Solar Guys USA. He summarized the advantages that lead businesses to use PACE: "PACE is a 20-year fixed interest term…

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