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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />“Bay Area communities working together for a sustainable energy future.” <br /> <br /> <br />1 | P a g e <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />To: ABAG Member Jurisdictions <br />From: Jennifer K. Berg, BayREN Program Manager <br />Re: Regional Collaborative Services Agreement for Residential PACE <br />Date: April 6, 2016 <br /> <br />This memo is provided to explain the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Regional <br />Collaborative Service Agreement (RCSA) for residential PACE programs (Property Assessed <br />Clean Energy) in the nine county Bay Area region. <br /> <br />BayREN and PACE <br />The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) serves as the Program Administrator for the <br />Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN), a consortium of the nine counties that work <br />together to develop and implement innovative energy efficiency programs, funded primarily by <br />California ratepayers. PACE programs allow qualified property owners to obtain affordable, <br />long-term financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation <br />improvements, and repay it through their secured property tax bills. BayREN was originally <br />authorized to run a commercial PACE Program, with a focus on providing outreach and <br />education to help commercial sector stakeholders take advantage of this powerful new financing <br />mechanism. <br /> <br />In the past few years, residential PACE has made resurgence in California, mainly due to <br />demonstrated success in Southern California, and by the establishment of the State’s PACE Loss <br />Reserve program. In order to help BayREN member jurisdictions better prepare joining third- <br />party administered residential PACE programs, in 2015, ABAG issued and RFI to active PACE <br />administrators to help identify and institutionalize key best practices through the use of the <br />RCSA. <br /> <br />Regional Collaborative Services Agreement (RCSA) <br />The RCSA is intended to ensure consistent application of key programmatic elements (“best <br />practices”) considered to be critically important for local government partners. These include: <br />consumer protections and disclosures; local government risk mitigation and indemnification; co- <br />marketing complementary energy efficiency programs; contractor and project quality assurance; <br />and performance tracking, data, and reporting. <br />