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Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing effectively allows property owners to borrow money to pay for energy improvements. The amount borrowed is typically repaid via a special assessment on the property over a period of years. Nevada has authorized certain local governments to establish such programs, as described below. (Not all local governments in Nevada offer PACE financing; contact your local government to find out if it has established a PACE financing program.)

Existing Nevada law authorizes cities and counties to create special financing districts for a variety of projects that "serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof and of the State of Nevada." The legislation enacted in May 2009 ([http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/SB/SB358_EN.pdf S.B. 358]) added renewable energy and energy efficient technologies to the list of projects eligible for special financing districts.