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Committee backs study to evaluate geothermal potential at coal-fired sites
Summary
House Bill 401 directs the Office of Energy Development to assess subsurface temperatures, potential electricity production, infrastructure stability, costs and job impacts for geothermal development at or near existing coal-fired plants; the committee favorably recommended the bill and a $250,000 fiscal estimate was noted.
The Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Standing Committee favorably recommended House Bill 401, which directs the Office of Energy Development to study the feasibility of developing geothermal energy facilities at or near existing coal-fired electric-generation sites.
Representative Watkins, presenting the bill, said the study would…
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