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# The geothermal REC market is expanding — is your state next?

Maryland launched in 2012 and expanded in 2021. Virginia followed in 2024. Pennsylvania's PRESS Act is advancing. Several other states in the PJM and ISO-NE regions are evaluating geothermal REC frameworks, driven by the Maryland and Virginia models and the Virginia SCC's December 2024 working group report — described as a potential blueprint for other states.

## State Tracker

State

Status

Grid

Notes

Pennsylvania

Pending — HB 501 

PJM

Tier I elevation proposed; passed House committee June 2025

New Jersey

Monitoring 

PJM

Active RPS with thermal interest; no active geothermal carve-out bill

Delaware

Monitoring 

PJM

Small state, follows PJM-GATS; monitoring MD/VA models

Washington DC

Monitoring 

PJM

DC RPS includes geothermal electricity; thermal carve-out not yet enacted

Illinois (PJM zone)

Limited eligibility 

PJM

PJM-territory IL systems may qualify as lower-class RECs

Massachusetts

Limited 

ISO-NE

Added renewable thermal to Alternative Portfolio Standard; geothermal eligible under certain provisions

Oregon

Limited 

WECC

Added thermal energy to RPS in 2016; solar hot water and geothermal heat pumps eligible

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