Abstract: . . .  46 GAO-06-629 Renewable Energy Appendix II Comments from the Department of the Interior ApendixI Page 51 Appendix II Comments from the Department of the Interior Page 47 GAO-06-629 Renewable Energy Page 52 Page 48 GAO-06-629 Renewable Energy Appendix III GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments ApendixI GAO Contact Jim Wells (202) 512-3841 Staff Acknowledgments In addition to the individual named above, Dan Haas, Assistant Director; . . .
. . .  GAO-06-629 Renewable Energy Appendix II Comments from the Department of the Interior ApendixI Page 51 Appendix II Comments from the Department of the Interior Page 47 GAO-06-629 Renewable Energy Page 52 Page 48 GAO-06-629 Renewable Energy Appendix III GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments ApendixI GAO Contact Jim Wells (202) 512-3841 Staff Acknowledgments In addition to the individual named above, Dan Haas, Assistant Director; Jeanne . . .
. . .  develop geothermal resources on lands under his jurisdiction. A comparison of BLM’s system for geothermal leasing and the Department of the Navy’s system for geothermal leasing at China Lake appears in GAO, Geothermal Energy: Information on the Navy’s Geothermal Program, GAO-04-513 (Washington, D.C.: June 4, 2004). Page 7 Page 3 GAO-06-629 Renewable Energy Act also contains other provisions designed to encourage the development of . . .
. . .  transmission facilities to acquire rights of way through eminent domain proceedings. In addition, the Act directed FERC to develop incentive-based rates for transmission of electricity in interstate commerce to promote increased investments in transmission. Within 1 year of passage of the Act, FERC is to issue a rule establishing incentive based rates. In November 2005, FERC initiated the rulemaking process for establishing these . . .
. . .  reviewed the calculations on an alternative to the current calculation of direct use royalties that appears in the report to the Royalty Policy Committee. 1 Of the 15 geothermal projects on federal lands, two other geothermal projects pay royalties on a negotiated percentage of gross sales revenues and three other projects have both binary and flash operations—one of which has produced electricity intermittently and is currently . . .
. . .  of 2005 (Act) are likely to affect federal geothermal royalty collections. To describe the current extent and potential for geothermal development, we reviewed key studies on the extent and potential of geothermal development that were published by the Department of Energy, the California Energy Commission, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Western Governors’ Association, the Geo-Heat Center at the Oregon Institute of Technology, . . .
. . .  in detail how provisions of the Act address the disbursement of federal geothermal royalties and specifications for geothermal royalty collections from leases that are currently producing electricity, leases that will first start to produce electricity within the 6 years following passage of the Act, and leases that have not yet been issued. To assess how provisions of the Act could impact royalty revenue from the sale of electricity, . . .
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