Ports and Green Energy/Energy Efficiency
Featured Story: Port Authority Board Votes to Finance Home Energy Improvements
August 24, 2017 - The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority will partner with a national contractor to offer homeowners efficiency improvements, such as furnaces and windows, that can be financed through property tax assessments, after a board of directors vote Thursday.
The port authority will administer the Ohio Home Energy Renovation Agreement, which would allow homeowners to get new energy-efficient furnaces, insulation, water heaters, windows, and doors, while putting the cost on their property taxes.
The board intends to partner with Renovate America Inc., which currently runs “property-assessed clean energy” programs in California, Missouri, and Florida.
Port Authority President Paul Toth, Jr., said the company, operating through contractors, expects to renovate about 4,000 homes a year in Ohio, with about 400 or 500 likely to be in the Toledo area. (Read More)