Small Business Participation in Geothermal Energy Development: Recommendations for the Geothermal Omnibus Bill
- Key words
- Legal; Legislation; Geothermal Law; USA; US Congress; Basin & Range; Land Policy; Federal Lands; Incentives; Barriers; US Interagency; Regulations; US DOE; EG&G Idaho; DOI
- Location
- Idaho
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1979
- Session
- Laws and regulations; Leasing; Financing
- Language
- English
Abstract
Small business participants in geothermal development and commercialization in the Rocky Mountain Basin and Range Region (RMBRR) were interviewed for this study to determine small business requirements for legislative and programmatic actions. The focus of the interviews and the subsequent analysis of findings has been to generate recommendations for the Geothermal Omnibus Bill, which is being formulated by the Interagency Geothermal Coordinating Council for submission to the United States Congress in 1979. The identified problems and the recommended solutions are developed within four major categories: Federal land and resource policy; financial barriers and incentives; DOE and DOI programmatics; and legal and regulatory factors.
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