Ygrene Energy Fund, which sets up and manages property-assessed clean energy project financing for local governments, on Wednesday said it has teamed with a large public agency provider of home purchase and retrofit loans to expand its program statewide. Because Golden State Finance Authority, formerly California Home Finance Authority or CRHMFA Homebuyers Fund, is a joint-powers agency, the considerable cost and hassle in staff time and documentation required to prepare, set up and run a PACE district is cut to the point that locales can immediately opt in to the new Ygrene progr

A novel program to encourage property owners to make their buildings more energy efficient, launched two years ago in Sacramento, is going statewide.

Ygrene Energy Fund, a Santa Rosa company that finances green-energy programs, said Wednesday that it is partnering with the Golden State Finance Authority to bring its Ygrene financing program to the rest of the state. The Golden State authority, which just changed its name from the California Home Finance Authority, is a public agency that provides financial assistance to homebuyers.

Sacramento commercial and residential property owners can now install energy-saving equipment at no upfront cost. Yesterday, local political leaders, including Mayor Kevin Johnson, announced the launch of Clean Energy Sacramento, a property assessed clean energy (PACE) program operated by Ygrene Energy Fund.

Millions of dollars in damage from the 2014 Floods is not enough to get state and federal aid.  The City of La Quinta's request for emergency funds after the September flash flood got denied, now business and home owners are left with few options to rebuild.

Ygrene’s Clean Energy P.A.C.E. Program Provides Immediately Available Funding Assistance to Enable Local Residents To Recover From Storm Damage. The City of La Quinta, the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) and Ygrene Energy Fund, the Valley’s provider of residential and commercial property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing, announced today special assistance to residents affected by the recent flooding.

Miami Springs becomes the 14th city in Miami-Dade County to offer the PACE financing program through Ygrene, the administrator of the program where Perez works as the regional manager in South Florida.

The solar panels installed on the Palm Springs home of Steven Rockwell and Michael Glenner on Friday are the first to be financed through the Coachella Valley’s long-awaited regional energy loan program.

Santa Rosa’s Ygrene Energy Fund has received a $30 million investment to expand its operations nationally and spread the word about its business model, which helps property owners install green energy systems without huge upfront costs.

Ygrene Energy Fund Florida, the leading provider of property assessed clean energy (PACE) programs for local governments in Florida, today announced it has funded the first PACE projects in the state. This is a major milestone for Florida and signifies a new era of property improvement and job creation opportunities for cities and counties across the state.