{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2025/03/20/id-3e264f21-30f3-4df9-b8a8-e380a6b0c11b/", "Fulcher Announces Lee As Co-Lead For Bipartisan Geothermal Energy Bill", "2025-03-20", "2025", "2025-03", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nCONTACT: Christiann\u00e9 Allen, Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov\n\nCONTACT: Marisa Melton, Marisa.Melton@mail.house.gov\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) announced Congresswoman Susie Lee (Nevada-03) as a co-lead to the bipartisan Committing Leases for Energy Access Now (CLEAN) Act.\n\nThe bill, H.R. 1687, passed the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress on a bipartisan basis and is part of a broader effort in the House to increase domestic power production and diversify the United States\u2019 energy portfolio to meet growing demand.\n\nCongressman Fulcher stated, \u201cGeothermal is a powerful source of clean, safe, and dependable energy. The CLEAN Act will streamline the permitting process for geothermal exploration, development, and production on federal lands. I am glad to welcome Congresswoman Lee as a co-lead on this vital effort, and I look forward to working with our congressional colleagues to deliver this legislation to the President\u2019s desk.\u201d\n\nAccording to the Department of Energy, the United States leads the world in geothermal electricity-generating capacity\u2014just over four gigawatts. That\u2019s enough to power the equivalent of about three million U.S. homes.\n\nCongresswoman Lee stated, \u201cHere in Nevada and across the nation, geothermal is a promising and proven 24/7 clean energy source with immense potential for further growth. I\u2019m helping lead the bipartisan CLEAN Act to ramp up geothermal projects on federally controlled lands so we can lower energy costs, protect the environment, and advance American energy independence.\u201d\n\nCongressman Fulcher formally introduced the legislation in February; read the initial press release here.\n\nBill Background\n\nTo begin developing geothermal resources on federally controlled lands, projects must first obtain a lease, making consistent lease sales crucial to the expansion of this energy source. The lack of geothermal leasing and the slow permitting process results in timelines longer than many other energy projects.\n\nThe CLEAN Act amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to:\n\nRequire yearly lease sales for geothermal energy;\n\nRequire the Secretary to hold replacement lease sales for any sales that are missed in a given calendar year.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:15:27Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fulcher.house.gov/2025/03/20/id-3e264f21-30f3-4df9-b8a8-e380a6b0c11b/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9454190731048584, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}