In January, I mentioned how innovative financing is changing energy in America. San Francisco residents can now share bragging rights with other progressive counties such as Berkeley and Sonoma – GreenFinanceSF has officially been signed into law! This innovative program is the nation’s largest PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) program to date, making $150 million in bonding capacity available to private property owners to finance water conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements starting in April. Learn more here: http://greenfinancesf.org/

In 2010, 200 local governments nationwide are expected to have administered programs based on the PACE model. Good ideas are worth spreading!