Aug. 26 – The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) and the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes a framework for cooperation in the ongoing development and improvement of the geothermal heating and cooling industry in Canada and the United States. HRAI Chair Peter Steffes […]

New Funding Gives GEO Big Push for GHP Tax Credit Extensions Sept. 15 – The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) and the geothermal heat pump industry have been strengthened by a sizable infusion of new funds.  With that, GEO has taken immediate steps to significantly enhance its efforts to extend federal tax credits for both residential […]

Aug.  17 – The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) has signed on to a letter to the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) that promotes energy efficiency as a vital component of the agency’s Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP). The letter says that the pool of credits that […]

The Geothermal Exchange Organization has joined 18 other organizations as signatories to a letter supporting HR 5167, the Technologies for Energy Security Act.  This crucial legislation levels the playing field in the renewable energy technology sector and provides parity with the incentives awarded to the solar and wind industries in the most recent omnibus spending […]

Geothermal Heat Pump Industry Disappointed Over Inequity with Solar Created by Lawmakers in Washington April 14 – “Congress missed an important and timely opportunity this week to achieve parity among renewable energy tax incentives and to advance an important technology,” said Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) President and CEO Doug Dougherty. The Senate will soon pass […]

NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT TO HELP EXTEND THE FEDERAL TAX CREDITS FOR GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS Last December, Congress extended tax credits for solar technologies by five years. Geothermal heat pumps were left out of the extension. Since then, GEO has pushed hard for an amendment to correct that oversight for BOTH commercial AND […]

GEO Works Hard to Advocate the Benefits of Geothermal Heat Pumps in Our Capital and Across the Nation It’s a hectic time for the Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO), the primary national advocacy group for the geothermal heat pump (GHP) industry. From demanding equal treatment at the federal level with other renewable energy industries, to providing […]