This is common in parts of Europe, an electric power station supplies hot water to apartment buildings via underground tubes. In fact, there's one near me where

This is common in parts of Europe, an electric power station supplies hot water to apartment buildings via underground tubes. In fact, there's one near me where the pipes cross a bridge! The water isn't quite as hot as it needs to be when it arrives, so it's heated additionally in the building itself. The article mentions a similar approach, with steam instead of water: > They also purchase additional steam from a 322 megawatt plant in Brooklyn