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Committee moves SB 21 forward to clarify geothermal ownership on nonfederal land
Summary
The House Public Utilities and Energy Committee approved a third substitute and House amendment to SB 21, which ties geothermal rights on private and state surface lands to the surface estate and preserves federal mineral-estate rights on federal lands. The bill passed the committee unanimously and will go to the floor with a favorable recommendation.
The House Public Utilities and Energy Committee unanimously advanced SB 21 on Thursday after adopting a third substitute and a House amendment that sponsors say clarify how geothermal resources are treated on different land types.
Sponsor testimony said the bill attaches geothermal to the surface estate on private and other nonfederal lands while preserving geothermal…
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