GEOENERGÍA highly values the publication of this Draft Royal Decree, as it represents a decisive step in the deployment of heating and cooling networks in Spain and in the recognition of renewable thermal sources, particularly geothermal energy. The draft regulation promoted by the Ministry includes key elements for the development of heating and cooling networks. Among them, it provides the necessary flexibility to facilitate the promotion of fifth-generation networks for the supply of heating and cooling, including a proactive policy for the incorporation of all types of waste heat into the renewable thermal mix. GEOENERGÍA has submitted three priority proposals , which it considers essential to achieving an effective and uniform deployment of heating and cooling networks throughout the country:Services of general interestIt is proposed to declare heating and cooling networks as services of general interest , on par with other basic utilities such as electricity, telecommunications, hydrocarbons, and water, which have specific sectoral regulations. To this end, a system combining incentives and penalties is proposed, considering heat dissipation into the atmosphere as a waste.