Minnesota House of Represenatatives
Summary
Last year, thermal energy was a hot topic at the Capitol. The House Energy Finance and Policy Committee discussed several bills related to tapping into the earth to heat and cool houses and buildings.
The next step in implementation of the technology is seeing if utilities want to start building thermal energy networks that would function much as natural gas systems do now.
They would get the green light to start doing so under HF4122. Sponsored by Rep. Athena Hollins (DFL-St. Paul), it would establish a regulatory pathway for utilities to develop and implement thermal energy networks in the state.
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