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District Heating Systems

MCLI Recommendation: “State and local governments should provide incentives for planned communities to install district heating infrastructure in newly built or remodeled mixed-use zones so that residential construction could take advantage of waste heat.”

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Example States and State Governments

New York’s Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act

In June 2022, New York enacted a law opening the door to allowing utilities to build and own networks that distribute thermal energy, under the watch of the state Public Service Commission. The legisl...
Resource Public Utilities

Eversource MA Geothermal District Heating Proposals

Eversource MA has proposed three different pilot projects to Massachusetts regulators in order to prove that networked geothermal systems — connecting a variety of residential and commercial establish...
Resource States and State Governments

Massachusetts Proposed Act Driving Climate Policy Forward

In March, 2022, the Massachusetts Senate unveiled a sweeping climate bill aimed at helping the state meet its net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal by 2050, which had been previously stipulated in 20...
Example Foreign

Richmond BC’s Alexandra District Energy Utility

Richmond, British Columbia, established the city-run Alexandra District Energy Utility to provide geothermal heating and cooling through Bylaw No. 8641 (2010). The Alexandra District Energy Utility is...
Example Local Governments

District Energy St. Paul

In 1983, the City of St. Paul granted a franchise to District Energy St. Paul, Inc. to operate a district energy system within St. Paul and sell the energy to residents of the City. District Energy re...
Example Local Governments

Schaumberg IL District Energy System Zoning

Schaumburg, IL explicitly encourages the safe, effective, and efficient development of district energy systems (DESs) in its zoning code, permitting both commercial and residential construction of DES...
Example Local Governments

Schaumburg IL’s district energy zoning provisions

Schaumburg IL’s zoning code (2016) explicitly encourages the safe, effective, and efficient development of district energy systems in its zoning code, permitting both commercial and residential constr...
Example Public Utilities

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 project...
Example States and State Governments

NYSERDA Clean Thermal District Systems Program

NYSERDA has been authorized to administer a $15 million program to support development and demonstration of low-carbon Clean Thermal District Systems installations. This program will drive exploration...