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Preparing for Section 811 RAD: A Preservation Agenda
Companion tool See the Section 811 portfolio in your state The Section 811 Portfolio Screener maps all 2,919 RAD-eligible PRAC properties, so state agencies, owners, and advocates can start their own preservation inventory. Find likely group homes and where they cluster See which management agents operate the most properties Flag older properties with rents well…
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Research Note: Preliminary recommendations on implementing the Washington Electric Transmission Authority
This research note from the Center for Public Enterprise (CPE) and Clean Air Task Force (CATF) provides preliminary recommendations on implementing S.B. 6355, the bill authorizing the creation of a Washington Electric Transmission Authority (WETA). Section I describes WETA’s powers and its position within the regional transmission development processes of the Pacific Northwest. Section II…
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Zones as industrial policy
Industrial zones are imbued with a set of differentiated physical, infrastructural, governance, and/or land use features designed to promote industrial development and agglomeration – with, recently, a clear focus on high-tech and clean-tech sectors.
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From Tax to Tracks
Modest tweaks to the Railroad Track Maintenance Tax Credit (the 45G tax credit) could provide a source of stable funding to specifically support improvements identified—but not funded—under the Corridor ID program. This proposed pairing marries a planning program with a source of predictable, programmatic funding.
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Down to the wire
There is no mechanism that translates federal and regional identification of critical interregional transmission links into concrete projects that secure financing or access to a cost recovery framework. This report embraces the urgency and necessity of a federally coordinated macrogrid and enumerates the reasons why existing grid planning, financing, and cost recovery structures cannot bring…
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Research note: Geothermal Investment as Housing Capital
Read the full research note here. Geothermal Investment as Housing Capital Geothermal technology is gaining momentum as a clean source of heating and cooling capacity that competes with traditional HVAC systems in multifamily housing. However, high startup costs remain a considerable barrier for affordable and mixed-income developments seeking to adopt this emerging technology. In recent…
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The Transit Infrastructure Lottery
Read the full report here. Executive summary Federal transportation investment in the United States suffers from both a quantity problem and a quality problem. The quantity problem is much-discussed, and rightfully so: the United States spends less than peer countries, even as U.S. infrastructure costs are far higher. Passenger interest in new mass transit and…
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Raising the Housing Investment Level
Read the full report here. Executive Summary America has a housing shortage. Depending on how you count, we’re short between 2 and 7 million units, and the gap is widening. As cities, states, and the federal government increasingly address regulatory barriers that hamper construction like zoning restrictions, permitting processes, and environmental reviews, we will now…
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The Firm Frontier
Read the full report here. Executive summary The western United States is entering a period of unprecedented electricity demand growth driven by data center expansion, electrification, and new manufacturing activity. Utilities preparing integrated resource plans (IRPs) face a fundamental question: what new sources of clean, firm, dispatchable power can come online fast enough to meet…
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Research note: Using RFIs to build project pipelines for clean energy
Read the full research note here. This research note by the Center for Public Enterprise and the State Support Center focuses on how RFIs can serve as a procurement strategy for public agencies with project finance, development, and/or ownership authorities. RFIs can be a valuable tool for state and municipal instrumentalities to (1) gather information…
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Research note: Energy finance in 2026
Every January, the project finance law team at Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) brings together bankers and infrastructure investment experts to discuss trends across the American energy and infrastructure finance landscape. Their annual Cost of Capital outlook is a deep well of information that allows our team to support our state and local government clients. Last…
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A new class of supply-focused housing investment programs
Read the full report here. Executive Summary When the housing tax credit program began in the late 1980s, few anticipated it would reach today’s scale, facilitating more than sixty thousand new units of multifamily housing per year, approaching 20% of the nation’s annual multifamily starts. The scale of the programs employed by housing agencies across…