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	Our district energy business includes Thermal Chicago which operates the largest cooling system in the United States, providing chilled water under long-term contracts to approximately 100 buildings. The business also provides district heating and cooling to a hotel/casino complex and adjacent shopping mall in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
	District energy is the provision of chilled water and/or hot water to customers from a centralized plant through underground piping for cooling and heating purposes. A typical district energy customer is the owner/manager of a large office or residential building or facilities such as hospitals, universities and municipal buildings. Thermal Chicago is operated subject to the terms of a Use Agreement with the City of Chicago through 2040. Thermal Chicago receives contracted revenues from its customers in the form of fixed capacity payments and variable usage payments. We plan to grow Thermal Chicago by increasing the output capacity of our plants and selling the expanded capacity to new and existing customers.
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