Despite the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s misgivings about Property Assessed Clean Energy programs, ABS issuers are finding investors for deals backed by these loans. Since March 2014, three rated residential ABS transactions and one private unrated commercial deal backed by PACE assessments have been issued for a combined total of $503.65 million. All three residential ABS deals were rated “AA,” with average assessments totaling $59,628. The PACE program was launched in 2008 by the city of Berkeley, CA, as a pilot to promote energy efficiency in residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial properties...