Heat Pumps

The Illinois Climate Bank scheduled a webinar to discuss its Community Geothermal Planning and Pilots Program on December 15, 2025. The Climate Bank plans to provide an overview of grant funding opportunities for the Program and address questions from the audience. Interested stakeholders may register here. As discussed in PJM Flash 25-46, on November 6, …

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On September 18, 2025, in Case 9749, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC)  issued a Notice of Hearing Participation and scheduled public hearings for September 30 and October 1, 2025 to discuss the pilot thermal network energy system initiative. As discussed in PJM Flash 25-34, on July 1, pursuant to Chapter 564 of the Acts …

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As last discussed in PJM Flash 24-46, in a January 2024 Executive Order, titled the Leadership by State Government: Implementing Maryland’s Climate Pollution Reduction Plan, Governor Wes Moore (D) directed the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to establish a zero-emission heating equipment standard (ZEHES) that phases in zero-emission requirements for heating systems alongside a …

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