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<p>Section D1 of Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 reserves the generation, transmission,
distribution and supply of electricity. It makes no specific mention of geothermal
energy. Since geothermal energy may be used directly for the production of heat and/or
electricity, the devolution analysis for geothermal energy is split. Geothermal energy
for the purposes of heat, including supplying district heating networks, is a devolved
matter; where geothermal energy is utilised for electricity generation, it is a reserved
matter (which is consistent with the reserved status of other renewable electricity-generating
technologies).</p>
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