What Is HeinOnline?
HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?
Log In
![handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaihr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r
U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION 4
119TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-656
STREAMLINING THERMAL ENERGY THROUGH ADVANCED
MECHANISMS ACT
MAY 20, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1077]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1077) to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite
geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or
developed areas, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 1077 is to amend the Energy Policy Act of
2005 to expedite geothermal exploration and development in pre-
viously studied or developed areas.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) are man-made reservoirs in
which fluid is injected into areas of the subsurface containing hot
rock to reopen pre-existing fractures and create permeability.1 In-
creased permeability allows fluid to circulate through the re-frac-
tured rock, transporting heat to the surface for electricity genera-
tion.2 The U.S. Department of Energy projects that EGS could pro-
vide 60 gigawatts of electricity by 2050 (8.5 percent of U.S. genera-
tion capacity).3 However, the duplicative leasing and permitting
1What is an Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS)?, U.S. Department of Energy, Geothermal
Technologies Office, https://wwwl.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/pdfs/egs basics.pdf.
2Id.
3GeoVision: Harnessing the Heat Beneath Our Feet, U.S. Department of Energy, Geo-
thermal Technologies Office, May 2019, https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2019/06/f63/
GeoVision-full-report-opt.pdf.
69-006](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.congrecreports/crptxaihr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)