Our Work
Combined Heat and Power
We operate the Department of Energy Technical Assistance Partnership that does unbiased site analysis for CHP. We also work to educate installers, site owners, and legislators of the benefits of efficient, economic, reliable CHP.
Solar
Our solar energy work encompasses bringing together business associations across the northeast to set common state policy goals that forwards the integration of solar energy to the utility grid.
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
With support from the Energy Foundation and other Funders, the Pace Energy and Climate Center has been working on RGGI development, implementation, operations, and policy for several years, going back to RGGI’s inception.
Low and Moderate Income Energy Work
We work to bridge the gaps between electric utiltiy, grid modernization, and LMI communities to bring equality of access and reliability.
International Energy
Since the Center’s inception, it has had strong involvement in international energy issues, and in recent times, in climate change mitigation and adaption, focusing on energy-related climate change solutions.
Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicle sales are projected to increase steadily in the next decade. Our work focuses on accessibility and policy that takes advantage of beneficial grid attributes EVs have to offer.
PECC Blog
Pace Energy and Climate Center Issues Report on Thermal Energy Networks and Related Permitting Regime Strategies for Municipalities in New York
By Opeyemi Naimot Dawodu, Legal Intern, Pace Energy and Climate Center Introduction The Pace Energy and Climate Center (PECC) is happy to announce the publication of the report, Expanding Municipal Options for Thermal Energy Networks (“the Report”), —developed for...
Pace Energy and Climate Center Fellow, Ryan McEnany, Receives Prestigious Honor for His Work on Clean Energy
The Pace Energy and Climate Center (Center) is happy to announce that Ryan McEnany, one of the Center’s Institute for Energy Democracy Fellows, has been named a New York City & State Trailblazer in Clean Energy. This prestigious honor recognizes New York’s clean...
Pace Energy and Climate Center Advances District Geothermal Energy through Issuance of Regulatory Reviews for Feasibility Study Reports
By Elizabeth Wescoe, Legal Intern, Pace Energy and Climate Center Since 2021, the Pace Energy and Climate Center (the Center) has issued 10 regulatory and permitting reviews for feasibility studies developed by Endurant Energy, a leading distributed energy...
A Framework for Municipality-Driven Thermal Energy Networks: The Future of Sustainable Heating and Cooling
By Tamika Thomas, Legal Intern, Pace Energy and Climate Center Going Green with a Charrette The Pace Energy and Climate Center (PECC), in partnership with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), recently conducted the New York State...
Pace Energy and Climate Center Interim Executive Director, Joseph Siegel, to Present at New York State Bar Association Earth Day Panel on Climate Change
The Pace Energy and Climate Center is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, Joseph Siegel, the Center’s Interim Executive Director, will join other climate change experts for the Sixth Annual Earth Day Climate Change Symposium of the New York State Bar...
Pace Energy and Climate Center Supports Development of Code for Geothermal Energy Systems
by Akinola Afolarin, Institute for Energy Democracy Fellow, Pace Energy and Climate Center, In the summer of 2024, the Pace Energy and Climate Center at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University (the Center), and the International Association of Plumbing and...