Geothermal Permitting Ombudsman & Task Force (Federal Land)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-15 — CLEAN Act: cross-connection with geothermal-energy-leasing-federal-lands: CLEAN Act’s permit-response deadlines complement the Ombudsman/Task Force proposal aimed at unblocking geothermal permitting on federal land. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-21 — Next-Generation Geothermal Research and Development Act: cross-connection with next-generation-geothermal-rd: R&D and data-repository build-out on the technology side parallels the permitting-ombudsman push on the federal-land access side; together they define the federal geothermal deployment stack. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-06-03 — Geothermal Energy Advancement Act: Geothermal Energy Advancement Act would establish a BLM geothermal ombudsman and inter-bureau Geothermal Permitting Task Force with authority to coordinate authorizations, resolve disputes, and reassign Interior employees (with retention allowances) to staff federal-land geothermal permitting. (novelty: 3)