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Property Assessed Clean Energy

Ted Thomas with Scott Hamilton, regional director of MISO South, right, and Chris Jones of BCT Partners.
Energy / Government & Politics

PSC Chairman Criticizes Plan to Prop Up Coal

The state’s top utility regulator expressed deep doubts Tuesday about Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s proposed rule to fortify the national electric grid’s “resilience” by providing cost recovery for coal and nuclear power plants. read more >
Sen. Tom Cotton visits the Little Rock headquarters of Southwest Power Pool last month.
Banking & Finance / Construction / Energy

PACE Financing Under Fire From Tom CottonLock Icon

Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde calls PACE financing a home run, something that makes "a lot of sense to a lot of people." U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton calls PACE a scam to "trick seniors into taking out high-interest loans for 20 years, along with liens on their homes." read more >
Barry Hyde
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

PACE Expands Improvement District Model

The Preserve at Aldersgate in Little Rock will be the first major Arkansas project taking advantage of Property Assessed Clean Energy financing. read more >
A.J. Gilbert, Little Rock managing partner of New Cap Investment Partners LLC, is building the The Preserve at Aldersgate with assistance from Pulaski County’s commercial PACE program.
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

PACE Financing Allows Aldersgate Apartments To Put Costs on Tax Bill

Pulaski County has given green building projects a lucrative green light, and developers of a west Little Rock apartment project have hit the accelerator. read more >
Adam Fogleman
Energy / Government & Politics / Legal

Pulaski County Wants To Catch Rays, Not Solar Catch-22

Pulaski County’s lawyers see solar energy as an enticing way for businesses and county government itself to cut their electric bills, but they’ve encountered a kind of legal sunblock. read more >
Business Services / Energy / Government & Politics

Allow Counties to Innovate (Barry Hyde Commentary)

Pulaski County is taking three approaches to promote innovative energy conservation and aid the development of markets for energy and water conservation and renewable resource-distributed generation for our citizens. read more >