SB 1281, PACE 2.0 Stalls in House Committee as 86 th Texas Legislature Draws to Close
Keeping PACE in Texas gratefully acknowledges Senator Brian Birdwell and Representative Four Price for their commitment to bring PACE to rural Texas and to protect PACE in a Box core principles. In the closing days of the session vigorous lobbying against the bill stalled SB 1281 in the House. Nonetheless, Texas volunteers and national PACE leaders will continue to serve all of Texas and seek ways to bring energy and water savings to every corner of the state.

Progress made this Session would not have been possible without local leaders, including Navarro County Judge H.M. Davenport, McClennan Judge Scott Felton, Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea, Brazos County Commissioner Steve Aldrich, Farmers Branch Mayor Robert Dye, and Amarillo Mayor Ginger Nelson. Many people testified in support of SB 1281 and many organizations filed cards in support of the legislation.

The Texas Association of Business (TAB) vigorously advanced SB 1281 as part of its initiative to expand economic development in rural Texas. Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation Foundation, US Green Building Council, and the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter are just some of the organizations that committed many days to educate legislators about the TX-PACE program, reflecting the continued commitment of this broad collaboration to the PACE in a Box model program and its core principles.  

Join Keeping PACE in Texas in thanking these organizations supporting SB 1281:

Abacus Property Solutions
Ameresco
ASHRAE
Austin Energy
Building Owners and Managers Association – Texas (BOMA)
CCG PACE Funding, LLC
Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation Foundation
City of Dallas
Dixie Chemical
Efficient Energy Enterprises, Inc.
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Environment Texas
Greenworks Lending
Mayor’s Office, City of Houston
Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT)
Integro, LLC
Keeping PACE in Texas
Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club
Navarro County
Nueces County
MM Solar Advisory
NetZero USA of Austin
PACE Equity LLC
Public Citizen
R Street Institute
Reihl Engineering
City of San Antonio
Solar Smart Living
South Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER)
Tarrant County
Texas Agricultural Cooperative Association
Texas Association of Business (TAB)
Texas Apartment Association (TAA)
Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
Texas Bankers Association (TBA)
Texas Conference of Urban Counties (CUC)
Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC)
Texas Mortgage Bankers Association (TMBA)
Texas Municipal League (TML)
Texas Society of Architects
Texas Solar Energy Society
Texas Solar Power Association
Travis County
United Parcel Service
US Green Building Council (USGBC)
Waypoint Lighting, LLC
Opposition to SB 1281 was funded by Lone Star PACE, Petros PACE, and Simon Property Group.
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―  Theodore Roosevelt
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