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 Welcomes its Spring 2025 Student Interns
The Pace Energy and Climate Center is happy to announce that four Elisabeth Haub School of Law student interns have joined the Center for the Spring 2025 semester. The interns, Opeyemi Naimot Dawodu, Tamika Thomas, Elizabeth Wescoe, and Brooke Wood, will be working...
Pace Energy and Climate Center Builds on Four Decades of Innovation in the Energy Sector
I’m honored to have joined the Pace Energy and Climate Center in January as its Interim Executive Director as we transition to the next permanent Executive Director. For four decades, under the leadership, vision, and wisdom of founder Dean Emeritus Richard Ottinger...
New York Supreme Court Cites Center in in Ruling Against Clear-Cutting for Solar Project
The Pace Energy and Climate Center was cited by the New York Supreme Court of Westchester County in upholding the Town of Mount Pleasant Planning Board in denying approval of a solar project that would have clear-cut 26 acres of trees to build a solar PV array of the...
Westchester County Honors Pace Energy and Climate Center and Partner WCA with ECO Award
On Earth Day, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s Energy and Climate Center and its partner the Westchester County Association (WCA), were honored for their work developing a Clean Energy Program Portal at the 3rd annual Westchester County ECO...
Strengthening Small Farms and Their Communities Through Solar Farming
The Pace Energy and Climate Center conducted a study in upstate New York showing how solar farming can have significant positive socio-economic benefits for local farming communities. The report estimates that a 350 MW solar farm generates between $177 million to $229...
Clean Energy Portal Supports Sustainability for Local Businesses
The Westchester County Association (WCA) partnered with the Pace Energy and Climate Center to launch the County’s Clean Energy Program Portal. This dynamic, searchable guide acts as a clearinghouse that enables businesses to easily find clean energy programs and...