One Stop Permitting Processes: Reality for Geothermal Development?
- Key words
- Best management practices; California; Desert; Electricity; Energy; Environmental; Federal; Geothermal; Permit; Permitting; Power plant; Regulatory framework; Reform; Renewable; Streamline; Streamlining; Transmission
- Location
- California
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 2010
- Session
- Permitting; Laws and regulations
- Language
- English
Abstract
Federal and state governments have prioritized geothermal and other renewable energy project developments to meet renewable portfolio standard goals, reduce greenhouse gases and/or dependence on fossil fuels and foreign energy sources, and create jobs. They are also responding to concerns regarding financing and electricity transmission challenges, costly regulatory bottlenecks, delays, and five + year permitting schedules. This paper summarizes the geothermal power plant regulatory framework and status of efforts to streamline the related permitting processes, using federal/California efforts as case studies.
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