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XCEL ENERGY WORD DOCUMENT TITLE 2 <br /> <br /> <br />© 2024 Xcel Energy Inc. <br />Xcel Energy, a leading provider of clean electricity and natural gas in Minnesota, is <br />committed to delivering advanced and innovative energy solutions to its customers. <br />One of the technologies we are exploring is Thermal Energy Networks (TEN) – also <br />known as Utility Thermal Energy Networks (UTEN), Community Ground Source Heat <br />Pumps (CGSHPs), networked geothermal, or geogrids – which use the earth's constant <br />temperature to heat and cool buildings. TENs are a type of district energy system – a <br />system that provides heating and cooling to multiple buildings from a central source. <br />TENs are a clean energy technology and serve customers with less energy while <br />maintaining comfort and reliability of the electric and natural gas grid. <br />The Natural Gas Innovation Act encourages the development of Thermal Energy <br />Networks in the state. Xcel Energy is proposing a demonstration project in partnership <br />with a community and/or large customer that will connect multiple buildings to a shared <br />geothermal loop and evaluate its technical, economic, and environmental benefits. <br />Networked Geothermal General FAQs, by HEET, 2023. This work is licensed under <br />a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.