Center for Public Enterprise

The Center for Public Enterprise is committed to the idea that a strong public sector can provide necessary goods and services at affordable prices while reducing wasteful economic costs in the marketplace. Public enterprises are already making a positive impact in various areas, including transportation, education, and water services. Our goal is to enhance the public sector's presence in the economy of the 21st century by supporting the creation of new public institutions that can address the current economic challenges we face.

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Smoothing the Housing Investment Cycle

Jul 17, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Paul Williams

Access this report here. There are many barriers to housing construction that need to be addressed on the path to a resilient and affordable housing market, from zoning to construction codes to subsidy programs. But the core economic trap, which leaves housing stuck in the depths of the business cycles, needs something else. A national construction financing fund could smooth the investment cycle, and help build millions of homes.
CPE Elective Pay Model (2.0)

Jul 16, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Chirag Lala

Access our new Elective Pay Model here. Access the updated Elective Pay Model Report here. In September 2023, Center for Public Enterprise (CPE) published the first iteration of our Elective Pay Model. The model is a free tool that allows users to analyze project-level financial considerations for state, municipal, or nonprofit projects claiming elective pay on either the investment or production tax credits, as well as any associated bonuses.
Virtual Power Plants: Financing a Distributed Energy System

Jul 15, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Yakov Feygin

Read the Full Report. Virtual power plants (VPPs) are a nascent technology that allows a power provider to optimize the operation of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as rooftop solar and small-scale battery storage in order to aggregate and operate them as a grid-scale energy source.
Removing Barriers to On-Site Solar in Public Housing

Jul 12, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Paul Williams

Read the complete letter and memorandum. Center for Public Enterprise, in collaboration with Boston Housing Authority, New York City Housing Authority, New Bedford Housing Authority, MassNAHRO, Cambridge Housing Authority, and PowerOptions, recently sent a letter and memorandum to the Biden Administration detailing an issue that housing authorities face regarding on-site solar development.
How Tax Credit “Chaining” Expands the Reach of the IRA — Center for Public Enterprise

May 29, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Yakov Feygin |Advait Arun

Access our brief on tax credit chaining here. The IRA expanded the availability of tax equity finance through two provisions. First, it allowed for tax credits to be transferred to third-party investors, broadening the market and reducing the cost of finance for renewable energy project development. Second, it created an elective pay option for tax-exempt government and nonprofit entities, allowing them to monetize tax credits by applying for a direct payment from the IRS.
Making the Most of SEFI: A Model RFI — Center for Public Enterprise

May 13, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Chirag Lala |Advait Arun |Yakov Feygin |Paul Williams

Download the memo and model RFI here. The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) is one of the largest pots of climate funding in the federal government. The LPO functions as the DOE’s investment bank, offering loans and loan guarantees at concessionary rates to eligible project developers.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Part 3: Public Options Support Public Finance — Center for Public Enterprise

May 3, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Advait Arun |Yakov Feygin

By Advait Arun and Yakov FeyginSee previous: Part 1 and Part 2Entities seeded by the GGRF will have to change their strategy when governing the markets that they created: they will have to work to become public options that compete with and shape the behavior of other market participants. This is important not only because private investors may underbuild, but because they may deliver bad outcomes.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Part 2: How to make a market — Center for Public Enterprise

Apr 25, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Advait Arun |Yakov Feygin

By Yakov Feygin and Advait ArunThe EPA’s announcement of the first round of GGRF recipients marks the “end of the beginning.” For the past decade, the advocates of green banking have pushed for federal financial involvement in green lending. The GGRF is the first small step in this direction.
In Conversation with HUD — Center for Public Enterprise

Apr 21, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Paul Williams

Last month, Paul Williams joined the leadership team that created the mixed-income public development program at the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County to speak at HUD’s Quarterly Update, hosted at HUD’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., organized by their Policy Development & Research division. Read more about the event here, and watch the video below for the full, in depth conversation about Montgomery County’s approach to public development.
The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: purposeful public financing for decarbonization — Center for Public Enterprise

Apr 18, 2024 | publicenterprise.org | Chirag Lala |Ilmi Granoff

By Ilmi Granoff and Chirag LalaFor the first time in history, the United States is implementing a national green bank program: on April 4, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of $20 billion in grant money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) out of a total $27 billion. There has been over a decade of advocacy by the Coalition for Green Capital and others for green banks, alongside proposals for even more comprehensive and public development banking options.