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State Contacts
National Contacts
Incentives for Renewable Energy

General Information

   
Does California have a Geothermal Working Group?
Yes
Does California have an INL geothermal resource map?
Yes
Does California have a State Geothermal Database?
Yes

Does California have a Renewable Portfolio Standard?

Yes
National Laboratory
N/A
 
State Contacts

Bureau of Land Management
California State Office
http://www.ca.blm.gov/

California Department of Conservation
Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/DOG/geothermal/index.htm

California Department of Food and Agriculture
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/index.htm

California Energy Commission
Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program
http://www.energy.ca.gov/pier/index.html

California Energy Commission
Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) Program
http://www.energy.ca.gov/research/innovations/index.html

California Energy Commission
Geothermal Program
http://www.energy.ca.gov/geothermal/index.html

California Geological Survey
California Department of Conservation
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dmg/

California Geothermal Energy Collaborative (CGEC)
http://cgec.ucdavis.edu/

California Public Utilities Commission
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/

California State Lands Commission
http://www.slc.ca.gov/

City of Palo Alto Utilities Department
Future Green Power Purchase Option
http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/utilities/futureg

Geysers Geothermal Association
http://www.thegga.org/

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Earth Sciences Division Geothermal Program
http://www-esd.lbl.gov/

Local Government Commission
Stimulating Public-sector Implementation of Renewable Energy (SPIRE)
http://www.lgc.org/techserve/spire/index.html

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Green Power for a Green LA
http://www.greenla.com

Office of the Governor
http://www.governor.ca.gov/state/govsite/gov_homepage.jsp

Roseville Electric
Green Energy Products
http://www.RosevilleElectric.org

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Greenergy Program
http://www.smud.org/green/index.html

State of California
Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority (Power Authority)
http://www.capowerauthority.ca.gov/

The Governor's Clean Energy Green Team
http://www.greenteam.ca.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/stateinfo/CA.html

 

National Contacts

Bureau of Land Management
Kermit Witherbee
National Geothermal Program Lead
National Energy Office Deputy Director
Kermit_Witherbee@blm.gov
http://www.blm.gov/

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
Lists state, local, utility, and selected Federal incentives that promote renewable energy.
http://www.dsireusa.org/

Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Institute of Technology
John Lund
Director
Provides technical assistance to geothermal direct use projects
lundj@oit.edu
http://geoheat.oit.edu/

Geothermal Education Office
Marilyn Nemzer
Executive Director
geo@marin.org
http://geothermal.marin.org/

Geothermal Energy Association
Karl Gawell
Executive Director
Karl@geo-energy.org
http://www.geo-energy.org/

Geothermal Financing Working Group
Liz Battocletti
lbatto@att.net
http://www.geothermal-biz.com/home.htm

Geothermal Resources Council
Curt Robinson
Executive Director
crobinson@geothermal.org
http://www.geothermal.org/index.html

Idaho National Laboratory
Greg Mines
Manager, Geothermal Programs
Gregory.Mines@inl.gov
http://geothermal.id.doe.gov/

Millennium Energy LLC
Joe Bourg
President
Provides technical assistance to geothermal direct use projects
millnrg@earthlink.net
http://www.millennium-energy.net/

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Charles Visser
Program Manager
charles_visser@nrel.gov
http://www.nrel.gov/geothermal/

Sandia National Laboratories
Doug Blankenship
Manager, Geotechnology & Engineering
dablank@sandia.gov
http://www.sandia.gov/geothermal/

U.S. Department of Energy
Curtis Framel
curtis.framel@go.doe.gov
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/gpw/

U.S. Department of Energy
Allan Jelacic
Acting Director, Geothermal Technologies Program
allan.jelacic@ee.doe.gov
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/

U.S. Department of Energy
Jay Nathwani
Senior Geothermal Projects Manager
jay.nathwani@go.doe.gov
http://www.go.doe.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey
Colin Williams
colin@usgs.gov
http://www.usgs.gov/

Utility Geothermal Working Group
Guy Nelson
Director, Utility Energy Forum
GNelson181@aol.com

Western Area Power Administration
Randy Manion
Manager, Non-Hydro Renewable Resource Program
manion@wapa.gov
http://www.es.wapa.gov/renew/


 
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