Advocacy

Washington Update

July 14 – The Senate Finance Committee plans to mark up a bill on July 21 to extend corporate tax benefits that expired in 2014 and those that will expire […]

Senate Dems Offer Tax Credit Extension Bill

July 14 – Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and co-sponsors Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Dianne Feinstein (C-CA), Cory Booker (C-NJ), Al Franken (D-MN) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced legislation to extend […]

GEO Joins Investment Tax Coalition

July 10 – The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) joined over 30 companies and associations in signing a letter from the Investment Tax Coalition to the Senate Finance and House Ways […]

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GEO Continues Push for State Actions

The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) is backing efforts in a number of states to change public policies that currently fail to recognize geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) as a renewable source […]

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NY-GEO Pushes for Geo Tax Credit

The New York Geothermal Energy Organization (NY-GEO) has successfully worked with State Assemblymember Sean Ryan (D – District 149) to introduce Assembly Bill 2177-A, “An act to amend state tax […]

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Iowa Bill Seeks Bigger Geothermal Heat Pump Tax Credit

Iowa Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R) introduced a bill (HF226) in the Iowa House of Representatives to increase an existing state tax incentive for geothermal heat pump (GHP) installations. Current law […]

Michigan Bill Includes Geothermal Heat Pumps as Renewable Energy

State Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R-66th District) introduced Michigan House Bill No. 5980, which will amend the state’s Renewable Energy Standard— Michigan 2008 PA 295, the “Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy […]