Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,763,681

Total expenses

$1,034,890

Contributions and grants received

$1,756,737

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$4,440

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$2,504

Total assets, end of year

$1,743,592

Total liabilities, end of year

$111,001

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,632,591

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$744,960

Management and general expenses

$186,248

Fundraising expenses

$103,682

Program service expenses (Part III)

$744,960

Program services were 72.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• TRANSITION/ENERGY SHIFT:ELECTRIFICATION IS NOT HAPPENING AT THE SPEED AND SCALE NEEDED. SO WE'VE DESIGNED A NETWORKED GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP (AKA NETWORKED GEOTHERMAL) SYSTEM THAT CAN BE INSTALLED AND OWNED BY GAS COMPANIES IN THEIR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE STREET, TRANSFORMING THE GAS COMPANIES FROM AN OBSTACLE TO AN ACCELERATOR. OUR SOLUTION USES WELL-KNOWN TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT, BUT THROUGH INTERCONNECTION AMPLIFIES THE BENEFITS (AKIN TO HOW THE INTERNET AMPLIFIES THE CAPABILITIES OF A SINGLE COMPUTER). AN INDEPENDENT FEASIBILITY STUDY PROJECTED THAT, IN COMPARISON TO GAS, NETWORKED GEOTHERMAL WOULD RESULT IN A LOWER CUSTOMER COST AND A 90% EMISSION REDUCTION BY 2050 AS THE ELECTRIC GRID USES MORE RENEWABLES. EVERSOURCE GAS HAS BEGUN INSTALLATION OF A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN ITS GAS TERRITORY IN FRAMINGHAM, A DEMONSTRATION HAS ALSO BEEN APPROVED IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY IN THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE 2018 GAS DISASTER, AND IN 2021 NATIONAL GRID HAS RECEIVED PERMISSION TO BUILD FOUR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. NATIONAL GRID'S FIRST PROJECT, IN LOWELL, WILL BEGIN INSTALLATION IN 2023. GAS UTILITIES IN NEW YORK, OREGON, MINNESOTA, AND OTHER STATES ARE MOVING FORWARD ON INSTALLATIONS OR FEASIBILITY STUDIES. WE'VE EDUCATED STATE AND NATIONAL POLICYMAKERS ABOUT THE ISSUES, AND WE HAVE BUILT A RESEARCH AND EVALUATION TEAM TO STANDARDIZE AND SHARE PILOT RESULTS. THE RESEARCH PROJECT, CALLED LEARNING FROM THE GROUND UP (LEGUP), WILL COLLECT INFORMATION FROM THE FIRST UTILITY-LED INSTALLATIONS OF NETWORKED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND DEVELOP TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC, EQUITY, AND ECONOMIC TOOLS TO INFORM THE SCALING OF THIS TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE STATE. OUR WORK COULD CREATE A PATHWAY TO QUICKLY AND EQUITABLY DECARBONIZE NATURAL GAS HEATING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. NETWORKED GEOTHERMAL CAN BE A SAFER, BETTER BUSINESS MODEL FOR GAS COMPANIES WHILE PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RENEWABLE HEAT FOR CUSTOMERS, AND THEREFORE DRIVE ELECTRIFICATION AT THE SPEED AND SCALE WE NEED.IN 2020, HEET RECEIVED FUNDING AS PART OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL SETTLEMENT TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND RESPIRATORY HEALTH IN THREE BOSTON COMMUNITIES. WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN DORCHESTER, ROXBURY, AND CHARLESTOWN/EAST BOSTON TO HELP PEOPLE REDUCE ENERGY USE AND ENERGY BILLS, WHILE HELPING HOMES BECOME READY TO TRANSITION OFF OF GAS TO ELECTRICITY FOR HEATING AND COOKING. WE'RE CALLING THIS HEET PROGRAM EJ-AIR. EJ FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND AIR FOR THE AIR WE ALL NEED TO BREATHE.

  Expenses $516,636

• TRIAGE/GAS LEAKS:JUST 7% OF LEAKS FROM UNDERGROUND PIPES EMIT HALF OF ALL THE LEAKED GAS. HEET'S RESEARCH HELPED PASS A FIRST-IN-THE-NATION STATE LAW THAT THESE "SUPER-EMITTERS" MUST BE PRIORITIZED FOR REPAIR. HEET THEN LED RESEARCH WITH OUR STATE'S LARGEST UTILITIES TO IDENTIFY AN EFFICIENT METHOD TO IDENTIFY THESE LEAKS. IN 2019, OUR EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLAN BECAME STATE REGULATION AND HEET AGREED TO VERIFY THE UTILITIES' WORK UNTIL 2024. IMPACT: THIS PROJECT WILL CUT IN HALF THE STATE'S EMISSIONS FROM GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPES.

  Expenses $199,920 · Revenue $4,440

• TRUTH ABOUT GAS/GAS CHEMISTRY:GAS IS SOLD AS A "CLEAN AND "NATURAL" PRODUCT AND THE BEST WAY TO COOK. TOGETHER WITH ALLIES, HEET PIONEERED THE SAMPLING AND TESTING OF GAS FOR VOCS (VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS) AND IS NOW PARTNERED WITH HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO STUDY THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE REGIONAL GAS SUPPLY. THE RESULTING 2022 PUBLICATION FROM HARVARD IS HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GAS IN THEIR HOME AND FRACKING FIELDS. OUR TASTE THE FUTURE OUTREACH PROGRAM EXPLAINS THIS CONNECTION, AND THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GAS STOVES AND ASTHMA, WHILE SHOWCASING THE SPEED, SAFETY AND PRECISION OF INDUCTION COOKING. THIS COMBINATION IS EFFECTIVE AT SHIFTING CONSUMERS' DESIRE TOWARD ELECTRIFICATION.

  Expenses $20,644

• ENERGY EFFICIENCY: ENERGY UPGRADE WORK PARTIES AND HOME ENERGY ASSESSMENTS

  Expenses $7,760

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

11 May 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202301319349306020

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