U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Geothermal Amendment (News Release)
Amendment would modify the Energy Policy Act of 2005’s definition of renewable energy to include geothermal production.
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| U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) |
U.S. Sen.
Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the
Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) and senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, yesterday introduced an amendment to the
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness (ESIC) Act that would revise the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to categorize geothermal and other thermal sources of energy as renewable.
Current federal purchase requirement of renewable energy limit safe, cost-effective energy production by excluding geothermal and other thermal sources. Amendment no. 2989 would encourage further development of America’s domestic energy capabilities by modifying the Energy Policy Act of 2005’s definition of renewable energy to include geothermal production.
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