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Senate committee sends geothermal study bill to legislative management, 7-0
Summary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 7-0 to give a "due pass" to Senate Bill 2360, which would place a geothermal-energy study before Legislative Management for consideration. Senators cited existing EERC work, baseload benefits of geothermal, and potential lithium co-production from geothermal brines.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously, 7-0, to recommend a due pass for Senate Bill 2360, a bill that would send a geothermal energy study to Legislative Management for possible interim study funding and scope. Senator Gearhart moved the due-pass motion and Senator Behn seconded; Senator Gerhardt volunteered to carry the bill.
Committee members debated what a legislative-managed study would accomplish and whether the Energy and Environmental…
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