{"AmendmentNumber":"129","ParentBillNumber":"S3143","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JAC0","Name":"Julian Cyr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JAC0","ResponseDate":"2026-06-26T12:57:24.92"},"Category":null,"Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Geothermal","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Messrs. Cyr and Collins, Ms. Jehlen, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Howard and Ms. Miranda move that the proposed new text be amended in section 79 by inserting in line 2846, the following new section:-  \r\n“Section 154A. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:-\r\n“Individual geothermal heating and cooling system”, a non-networked system that utilizes a geothermal heat pump to provide heating and cooling to an individual building.\r\n(b) A gas company may make, sell or distribute geothermal energy to individual customers, if approved by the department. A gas company may aggregate, purchase, and own third-party developed individual geothermal heating and cooling systems.\r\n(c) Gas companies may develop programs to build, own and operate geothermal energy infrastructure for individual customers in their existing service territories if the infrastructure is designed and built to interconnect with future adjacent geothermal energy infrastructure or the geothermal heating and cooling system has a thermal capacity greater than 1 megawatt. Gas companies shall prioritize commercial customers that currently receive all or a significant amount of their energy from natural gas-powered combined heat and power facilities. Said programs may also include processes for the aggregation, purchase and ownership of third-party developed individual geothermal heating and cooling systems for residential and non-residential customers, regardless of the amount of energy used by an individual customer, if cost beneficial.\r\n(d) The department shall review and approve any program pursuant to subsection (c).\r\n(e) A gas company shall recover all prudently incurred costs of offering a program approved by the department pursuant to this section via tariffs designed to recover costs via rates charged to participating customers.\r\n"}