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Massachusetts Geo-Grid Pilots

In Massachusetts, three natural gas utilities are pursuing geo-grid pilot projects. Throughout 2022, utilities Eversource, National Grid and Columbia Gas plan to break ground on separate pilot projects testing the viability of projects that replace neighborhood gas pipeline networks with pipes that capture and share thermal energy underground.

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    Webpage: Eversource Geothermal Pilot Program

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    Press Release: Department of Public Utilities Approves National Grid Geothermal Demonstration Project

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    Eversource Petition for Pilot Project (see DIRECT TESTIMONY OF PENELOPE MCLEAN CONNER AND MICHAEL R. GOLDMAN at 43)

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    Canary Media: A net-zero future for gas utilities? Switching to underground thermal networks

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    Order on Petition of Boston Gas Company d/b/a National Grid for Approval of a Geothermal District Energy Demonstration Program

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