Hearing
Legislative Hearing on the following bills: • H.R. 301 (Rep. Maloy), “Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act” or the “GEO Act” • H.R. 398 (Rep. Ocasio-Cortez), “Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025” • H.R. 1077 (Rep. Lee), “Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act” or the “STEAM Act” • H.R. 1687 (Rep. Fulcher), “Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act” or the “CLEAN Act” • H.R. 5576 (Rep. Fulcher), “Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act” • H.R. 5587 (Rep. Kim), “Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act” or the “HEATS Act” • H.R. 5617 (Rep. Ansari), “Geothermal Gold Book Development Act” • H.R. 5631 (Rep. Hurd), “Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Reviews Act” • H.R. 5638 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Geothermal Royalty Reform Act”.
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Event Info
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- Title
- Legislative Hearing on the following bills: • H.R. 301 (Rep. Maloy), “Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act” or the “GEO Act” • H.R. 398 (Rep. Ocasio-Cortez), “Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025” • H.R. 1077 (Rep. Lee), “Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act” or the “STEAM Act” • H.R. 1687 (Rep. Fulcher), “Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act” or the “CLEAN Act” • H.R. 5576 (Rep. Fulcher), “Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act” • H.R. 5587 (Rep. Kim), “Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act” or the “HEATS Act” • H.R. 5617 (Rep. Ansari), “Geothermal Gold Book Development Act” • H.R. 5631 (Rep. Hurd), “Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Reviews Act” • H.R. 5638 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Geothermal Royalty Reform Act”
- Committee
- Committee on Natural Resources / Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Date line
- Tuesday, December 16, 2025 (10:15 AM)
- Published
- December 9, 2025 at 09:46 AM
- Last updated
- January 27, 2026 at 03:11 PM
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This record is organized to support questions about what happened, who testified, what documents changed, and what issues were raised, with citations back to source materials.
Witnesses
People connected to this event
Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Fervo Energy, a geothermal energy company using enhanced geothermal systems to provide firm clean power.
Ms. Kerry Rohrmeier Ph.D.
Nevada Climate & Energy Strategy Director, The Nature Conservancy, Reno, NV
Mr. Paul Thomsen
Vice President of Business Development, Ormat Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV
Ormat Technologies, Inc., Reno, NVDocuments
Source materials
DocumentDisclosure JonesDocumentDisclosure LatimerDocumentDisclosure RohrmeierDocumentDisclosure Thomsenbill textH.R. 301 (Rep. Maloy), "Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act" or the "GEO Act"bill textH.R. 398 (Rep. Ocasio-Cortez), "Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025"bill textH.R. 1077 (Rep. Lee), "Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act" or the "STEAM Act"bill textH.R. 1687 (Rep. Fulcher), "Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act" or the "CLEAN Act"bill textH.R. 5576 (Rep Fulcher), "Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act"bill textH.R. 5587 (Rep. Kim), "Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act" or the "HEATS Act"bill textH.R. 5617 (Rep. Ansari), "Geothermal Gold Book Development Act"bill textH.R. 5631 (Rep. Hurd), "Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Reviews Act"bill textH.R. 5638 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), "Geothermal Royalty Reform Act"noticeHearing NoticememorandumHearing MemoDocumentRep. Huffman FTR Coalition LetterDocumentRep. Huffman FTR CRS Report - Legislative Categorical Exclusions Under NEPADocumentRep. Huffman FTR The Wilderness Society LetterDocumentRep. Maloy FTR ClearPath Report - A Clear Path for Geothermal Permitting Cutting Delays, Driving DeploymentDocumentQFR Responses Jones