Pathway 5.

Electricity Decarbonization → Distributed Renewable Energy

5.2.18 District Heating Systems

LPDD 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.”

9 Resources Found, Displaying 1 thru 9

New York’s Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Opening the door to allowing utilities to build and own networks that distribute thermal energy, under the watch of the state Public Service Commission.

Massachusetts Proposed Act Driving Climate Policy Forward

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

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 2021's Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy.

Massachusetts Geo-Grid Pilots

Jurisdiction: Public Utilities

Testing the viability of projects that replace neighborhood gas pipeline networks with pipes that capture and share thermal energy underground.

NYSERDA Clean Thermal District Systems Program

Jurisdiction: State Agencies

A $15 million program to support development and demonstration of low-carbon Clean Thermal District Systems installations.

Schaumberg IL District Energy System Zoning

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Explicitly encourages the safe, effective, and efficient development of district energy systems in all village zoning districts.

Richmond BC’s Alexandra District Energy Utility

Jurisdiction: Foreign

Established the Alexandra District Energy Utility to provide geothermal heating and cooling through Bylaw No. 8641

Eversource MA Geothermal District Heating Proposals

Jurisdiction: Public Utilities, State Public Utility Commissions

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 establishments in a nexus -- are feasible.

Schaumburg IL’s district energy zoning provisions

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Explicitly encourages the safe, effective, and efficient development of district energy systems in the zoning code.

District Energy St. Paul

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

A district energy system within St. Paul selling energy to residents of the City.