South Dakota legislators next year may be asked to consider again authorizing a PACE, or “Property Assessed Clean Energy” plan.

Heidi Kolbeck-Urlacher, with the Center for Rural Affairs, says the program involves a small assessment for energy efficiency programs…

Kolbeck-Urlacher says other states have used the program successfully…

Kolbeck-Urlacher says the PACE program could help boost related jobs…

South Dakota is among fourteen states that have not approved a PACE program.