Missouri — C-PACE state brief

Status and history

Current responsible organizations and geography

Missouri Energy Initiative (MEI) identifies itself as administrator for three separate commercial programs: Show Me PACE, Set the PACE St. Louis for the City of St. Louis, and St. Louis County Missouri Energy Savings Program. The county program describes coverage across incorporated and unincorporated county territory. Show Me PACE's roster is community-based, not permission for every Missouri parcel. Start with PACE@moenergy.org or 573-616-1046. MEI current programs, Show Me PACE intake.

MCED is a separate political subdivision with member municipalities/counties and its own board/program offerings. Its current site accepts commercial, industrial, agricultural, multifamily, nonprofit and public-facility inquiries. Do not merge its membership or financing products with MEI's districts. MCED, program offerings.

The Missouri DNR GIS service separately identifies MCED, Show Me PACE, St. Louis County and St. Louis City program layers. This is a useful screening aid, not a substitute for current local authorization and administrator confirmation. DNR map layers.

Eligibility, consent, assessment and transfer

The Act covers qualifying energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects. The board must find sufficient project resources and estimated economic benefit at least equal to project cost. Agreements require final-cost verification. Current §67.2815 specifies annual assessments for no more than 20 years; generic administrator marketing that says “20+” should not override the statute. §67.2800, §67.2815.

Show Me PACE expressly requires mortgage-lender consent for every assessment and uses an open capital-provider market. Obtain the applicable district's current manual for new-construction, refinancing and underwriting specifics rather than importing another district's rules. Show Me PACE standards.

Recorded assessment contracts bind future owners. Each annual assessment becomes a lien when due and is collected with real-property-tax priority; the statute's own editorial note flags a reference to nonexistent subsection 8. The current law also expressly distinguishes commercial programs from residential-only consumer provisions in §§67.2816–67.2819. Assessment statute.

Practical route: confirm parcel/district → obtain current criteria → assemble energy scope and financing → secure mortgage consent → board/assessment approval and recording → close → certify final costs → pay assessments. Funding is debt, not a grant.

Known project

Local applicability, resilience and permits

Local distinction: St. Louis City and St. Louis County are separate clean-energy development-board programs even though MEI administers both. Confirm the city/county district boundary and governing board, not just “St. Louis” in a mailing address. MEI local routes.

No automatic standalone hazard entitlement: The cited statutory project definition is energy efficiency or renewable energy. A storm-resistant window may qualify through its energy performance; a standalone flood barrier is not verified as eligible by that definition. Section 67.2800(3) expressly preserves municipal zoning, subdivision, building, fire-safety and historic/architectural review. Thus PACE authorization cannot waive these rules. Confirm the applicable municipality's code/permits and the district's approved measure scope, especially for adaptive reuse. Statutory project and local-rule provisions.

VERADUCT next steps and exact gaps

Resolve the eligible district at parcel level; obtain the latest commercial manual and assess overlapping membership options. Verify MCED's current day-to-day contracted administrator before naming a vendor. Confirm Patmos's assessment district, closing record and construction completion independently. Do not assign Kansas City, Missouri projects to Kansas or present economic-impact totals as financed principal.

Additional verification limits

Items requiring further confirmation: MCED contracted operator; project district/closing record; reconcile 20-year statute with marketing.

Continue your project research

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