Utah C-PACE financing

History, local adoption and availability

The guide traces initial enabling legislation to 2013 and the modern C-PACE Act to SB 273 in March 2017. The governing framework is Utah Code Title 11, Chapter 42a. Local opt-in remains separate from state enactment and a financing closing. Program guide, version 4.0, October 2023

Salt Lake City's official implementation report says it joined the statewide financing program in June 2018. That establishes a local milestone, not a universal Utah launch date. The program portal provides an opt-in district route and current forms; verify the exact jurisdiction before relying on an older list. Salt Lake City report, 2020–21 update, program resources

Eligible properties and work

The resource page lists commercial, agricultural, industrial, business and related uses, plus dwellings with more than four rental units. New construction is addressed. Improvement examples include efficiency, water conservation, storage, vehicle charging, seismic upgrades and qualifying vertical transportation or parking systems. These examples do not approve an individual design. Program eligibility list

Local verification: utility territory, seismic scope and codes

Utility territory matters. The statute's clean-energy-system provisions and §11-42a-103 contain capacity/service-area conditions; the program page also flags solar restrictions. Check the actual utility, existing/new load, system size and current statutory definition rather than translating a climate or solar-resource map into eligibility. Seismic upgrades are listed, but no property-specific seismic approval or building permit follows from that listing. Current legislature-hosted chapter text, program resource warnings

Consent and assessment mechanics

Section 11-42a-202 requires written consent from each lien holder. Section 11-42a-203 allows direct billing or a property-tax notice; the SRS guide's assigned-lien model pays the capital provider directly. The assessment is a property lien rather than an ordinary grant, and delinquency can expose the property to enforcement. Review sale/refinancing and prepayment terms before committing. Code, §§202–203 and 301–303, SRS guide, servicing

Application sequence

Confirm local participation, obtain the application and define eligible improvements and technical analysis. Coordinate existing lien-holder consents with capital-provider underwriting, program review, financing agreements and assessment recording. The guide identifies the public program director contact as 435-901-1394 / TChappell@PACEworx.com; because the guide is dated 2023, verify the contact through the live program route before use. Guide and forms

Documented project

Hyatt Regency convention-center hotel, Salt Lake City: the city's 2020–21 report records a January 2020 financing announcement of $54.7 million. The program's case-study brochure lists the convention-center hotel at $54,650,000, explaining the rounded figure. The resource portal describes its brochure cases as closed projects. This supports historical financing, not a current completion certificate or achieved-savings claim. City report, program case-study brochure

Additional verification limits

Items requiring further confirmation: Legislature-hosted chapter text includes amendments through 2025 despite 2017 URL; not exhaustive 2026 audit. Later utility/solar changes vs 2023 guide, current local map/contact/permit code, actual project completion.

Continue your project research

Compare the national C-PACE financing structure; Organize state and local project requirements; Prepare a commercial-building improvement scope. This page provides guidance only; it does not accept an application or submit information to a provider.