CONGRESSWOMAN LEE CO-LEADS, PASSES LANDMARK BIPARTISAN PERMITTING REFORM PACKAGE TO UNLEASH GEOTHERMAL IN NEVADA AND NATIONWIDE

Washington, June 2 -- Congresswoman Susie Lee issued the following press release:

Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) voted in support of her Geothermal Energy Advancement Act, a bipartisan, six-bill geothermal permitting reform package she co-leads with Congressman Jeff Hurd (CO-03). The House-passed package is the most significant geothermal legislation in more than half a century, since the enactment of the foundational Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. The package includes Lee's bipartisan, bicameral Streamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms (STEAM) Act to expedite geothermal exploration and development, which she introduced with Congresswoman Celeste Maloy (UT-02) and Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) andLisa Murkows...