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Drilling Rulemaking Gets Extension in Illinois

45-day Extension Allows for Additional Input, Workshops

November 25, 2013

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The extra time will allow a workshop for interested parties to recommend changes to the proposed language.

GEO Meets With Utility Officials

Group Discussed Incentives, Support for Geothermal Heat Pumps

August 19, 2013

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Volunteers with the Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) Pacific Northwest Utility Work Group (PNW) recently joined outreach and communications manager Ted Clutter in meetings with officials of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE).

GEO to Collect EIA Data on Geothermal Heat Pumps

DOE Has Not Collected Data on GHP Since 2009, Organization Says

June 24, 2013

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The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) recently met with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Information Administration (EIA) to craft a method to restart data collection about geothermal heat pumps (GHP).

Geothermal Exchange Organization Seeks Comments

Organization Seeks Review, Feedback on Draft Personnel Qualifications

June 10, 2013

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The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) is seeking review and feedback on draft personnel qualifications being developed as part of a national certification standard for the geothermal heat pump industry with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

GEO Asks House to Extend Tax Credit

GEO Seeks to Have Credits Extended Through 2020

April 29, 2013

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The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) has formally asked the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee to recommend extending federal tax credits for residential and commercial geothermal heat pump (GHP) installations beyond their Dec. 31, 2016 expiration date.

GEO Backs State Legislation

April 15, 2013

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The Illinois Senate Energy Committee passed SB 2365 on a vote of 16-0, moving it to the full Senate. GEO is pushing an identical bill, HB 2514, in the Illinois House of Representatives.

48C Tax Credit for Clean Energy Manufacturers

$150M in Tax Credits Reallocated for Clean-Energy Manufacturers

Interested Parties Have Until April 9 to Submit Concept Papers

Jen Anesi

March 25, 2013

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The Departments of Energy and the Treasury recently announced they will be reallocating more than $150 million in tax credits for investments in manufacturing facilities for clean-energy technologies in Phase II of the 48C Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credit.

GEO Supports Illinois Bill

March 11, 2013

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The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) pledged its support behind S 2365 in the Illinois General Assembly.

Geo Semantics: Heat Pumps Are Renewable Energy Sources

John Siegenthaler, PE

February 25, 2013

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While I agree that heat pumps do move heat from one location to another, I strongly disagree with the premise that air-source and geothermal heat pumps are not renewable-energy heat sources.

Energy Efficiency, Geothermal Heat Pumps, and ‘Negawatts’

The Lowest Cost Unit of Energy Is One That Is Not Used

Douglas A. Dougherty

February 18, 2013

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A recent study by Ceres — “Practicing Risk-Aware Electricity Regulation: What Every State Regulator Needs to Know” — concluded that the least cost and least risk for future energy resources is energy efficiency. Indeed, the lowest cost unit of energy is one that is not used.