Thermal Energy Networks
WA Gas Utilities, Meet Clean Heating and Cooling
A 2024 law legalizing thermal energy networks is bearing fruit, but lawmakers can do more to harness the systems’ potential.
Drill, Baby, Drill!—for Thermal Energy
How ground-source heat pumps and thermal energy networks can ease Cascadia’s grid crunch.
Four Ways Gov.-elect Ferguson and Washington Lawmakers Can Build on the State’s Big Climate Win
After Washingtonians overwhelmingly voted to keep the Climate Commitment Act, their leaders have powerful opportunities ahead.
Washingtonians Will Soon Enjoy Cleaner Heating and Cooling Options
HB 2131, to allow thermal energy networks, unanimously passed in the 2024 legislative session. It’s a win for consumers, the climate, pipeline workers, and electric grids.
It’s Time for Cascadia to Start Pruning the Gas System and Electrifying Whole Neighborhoods
Early efforts in California, Colorado, and New York offer lessons to get started.
Is There a Future for Gas Utilities? It Could Be Heating and Cooling Your Home (from the Ground)
"Thermal energy networks" are being piloted in New York and Massachusetts. Cascadia should be next.