Terra Rogers Testimony Before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on Energy and Mineral Resources
On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, Clean Air Task Force Director of Superhot Rock Energy, Terra Rogers, provided testimony before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on Energy and Mineral Resources on the Supercritical Geothermal Research and Development Act (H.R. 8665) and the Orphaned Well Grant Flexibility Act (H.R. 7053).
The Supercritical Geothermal Research and Development Act is a bipartisan bill that would enable the research and development of superhot rock energy, a clean firm energy source with the potential to transform our global energy system.
By promoting targeted public and private research, breaking down siloes, and leveraging the vast subsurface expertise that already exists in the U.S., this legislation does exactly what is needed to boost the momentum for next-generation geothermal energy and achieve temperature conditions that could be transformational in our transition to a low-carbon economy.
CATF sees the federal government as playing a few key roles in technology development at this stage: taking on technology risk, catalyzing research and development, developing best practices, fostering collaboration, and removing barriers for geothermal to scale rapidly. H.R. 8665 is structured to do all of these things.
