Benicia Home Efficiency Program

Lower your home’s carbon footprint with a City-subsidized efficiency program! The City of Benicia, in conjunction with energy experts Ennovationz and the Benicia High School Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship team (SAGE) will provide subsidized in-home energy and water assessments to participating homes, including a report that prioritizes the most cost-effective upgrades, some free instant upgrades, and an outline of larger energy-saving purchases and home improvements. All Benicia residents are eligible. Visit www.BeniciaHomeEfficiency.org to add your name to the interest list and learn more about the program.

CaliforniaFIRST

The City of Benicia is pleased to be a pilot City of the CaliforniaFIRST property assessed clean energy program (PACE). The program allows all property owners (residential, commercial, industrial, etc) to finance energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation upgrades on individual properties through their annual tax assessment, rather than through a personal loan. The PACE concept provides up-front capital to fund efficiency and renewable energy upgrades that will reduce monthly energy bills to such a degree that the additional annual tax assessment will be offset. This means that the debt will run with the property, not with the owner. The concept is very similar to a tax improvement district for undergrounding utilities. The program is made possible through a piece of State legislation, commonly referred to as Assembly Bill 811 (AB811). Please click here for more information.

The program is anticipated to rollout in Summer 2010. Please stay tuned for more details.

Earth Day 2010

The City is pleased to sponsor our second annual Earth Day event on Thursday, April 22nd. Please check back for more details, or contact Terry Baldwin, tbaldwin@ci.benicia.ca.us.