Peach State C-PACE connects commercial property owners with long-term, fixed-rate financing for energy efficiency, electrification, renewable energy, and water conservation improvements — repaid through a voluntary property tax assessment.
Administered under Georgia's C-PACE enabling statutes
Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) is a financing mechanism that allows commercial, industrial, and multifamily property owners to fund qualifying improvements through a voluntary assessment on their property — repaid over time alongside property taxes.
All financing comes from private lenders. No public funds are at risk — local governments simply enable and administer the program.
Repayment is structured as a special assessment on the property, providing lenders with a senior security interest that travels with the land.
Eligible improvements span energy efficiency, renewable energy, building electrification, water conservation, and resilience upgrades.
Peach State C-PACE operates under county-level enabling legislation. Each participating jurisdiction adopts its own C-PACE program through Invest Atlanta as administrator.
A county or municipality passes C-PACE enabling legislation and partners with Invest Atlanta as the program administrator.
A commercial property owner identifies qualifying energy, water, or resilience improvements and commissions an energy audit or feasibility study.
An approved C-PACE lender underwrites and funds the project. Mortgage lender consent is obtained if there is an existing mortgage.
Invest Atlanta records a C-PACE assessment against the property. The assessment appears on the property tax bill as a special line item.
The property owner repays the lender via annual tax assessments over the agreed term. If the property sells, the assessment transfers to the new owner.
Peach State C-PACE supports a broad range of qualifying improvements for commercial, industrial, nonprofit, and multifamily properties.
HVAC systems, building envelope upgrades, LED lighting retrofits, building automation systems, cool roofs, and insulation that reduce a property's energy consumption.
Rooftop and ground-mounted solar photovoltaic systems, solar thermal, and other on-site renewable generation that reduce reliance on grid electricity.
Conversion from fossil fuel systems to electric alternatives, including heat pumps, electric water heaters, induction cooking, and electric boilers.
Low-flow fixtures, greywater recycling, rainwater harvesting, smart irrigation systems, and other improvements that reduce potable water consumption.
Flood mitigation, hurricane-resistant windows and doors, backup power systems, stormwater management, and green infrastructure improvements.
Electric vehicle charging stations and supporting electrical infrastructure for commercial and multifamily properties, enabling tenant and visitor electrification.
C-PACE financing is available in jurisdictions that have enacted enabling legislation. Additional counties are actively exploring participation.
Peach State C-PACE offers institutional and community lenders a compelling, lower-risk asset class backed by a property tax assessment — one of the most secure forms of collateral available.
Opting into Peach State C-PACE is a low-cost, high-impact economic development tool that attracts private investment, supports local businesses, and advances community sustainability goals.
Whether you are a private lender looking to deploy capital into Georgia's C-PACE market, a county official interested in opting your jurisdiction into the program, or a developer exploring project eligibility — we want to hear from you.
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