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Supporters push grants, clarify utility role for thermal energy networks as pilot projects move forward
Summary
State and utility witnesses told the committee that thermal energy networks (district geothermal/"TENS") can lower heating costs and emissions; utilities asked that natural gas distributors be explicitly allowed to participate and that pilot projects and procurement pathways be clarified.
Several witnesses on Feb. 27 urged Connecticut lawmakers to authorize and fund thermal energy network pilots that would deliver district-scale geothermal heating and cooling. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes told the Energy & Technology Committee that DEEP supports House Bill 6929 to create a grant and loan program for thermal energy networks (TENS) and called for clarification of utility ownership questions and procurement authority.
Dykes and DEEP staff described TENS as district-scale systems built around shared geothermal wells and piping that can serve multiple…
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