Berrien County holds public hearing on joining PACE financing program

Aug 28, 2026

County staff and Lean and Green Michigan presented the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, explaining it would allow private loans for energy upgrades repaid via a special assessment that runs with the land; staff said the countywould have limited administrative duties and lenders bear delinquency risk.

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Berrien County commissioners paused their regular session to hold a public hearing on whether the county should join the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, a financing mechanism authorized under Public Act 270 of 2010 that attaches voluntary special assessments to property to repay private loans for energy-efficiency and related improvements.

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