Resolution recognizes importance of geothermal energy as green, reliable source of renewable energy, critical to meeting both state and national energy goals
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| U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson |
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) today applauded the California State Senate for passing SCR 48, which recognizes the importance of geothermal energy to California by marking May 2015 as Geothermal Awareness Month and May 21, 2015 as Geothermal Awareness Day. The resolution is authored by Senators Mike McGuire (D – Healdsburg) and Ben Hueso (D – San Diego).
“Geothermal energy embodies several unique traits, including low integration costs, a small land footprint, and most important, a predictable, consistent and adaptable source of energy production that can accommodate the needs of power grids,” said Thompson. “It is not dependent on the weather, season or time of day, and provides a dependable source of base load power. It supports thousands of jobs across our district and state, and provides counties with important royalty payments which they depend to provide public services. I applaud Senators McGuire and Hueso for passing their resolution recognizing the importance of geothermal energy.”
