NUG-owned renewable energy, and (2) the California state production incentives available to NUGs but not utilities. This … assess the levelized cost of electricity under four supply options: (1) public utility ownership of new geothermal capacity … California. Our analysis is not intended to provide precise estimates of the levelized cost of electricity from wind projects and …

and projected geothermal share of the energy market is discussed. The public and private sector initiatives supporting … geothermal development in California are described. These include legislation to provide economic incentives, streamline …

qualifying facilities and purchase electricity at a rate based upon their full avoided costs (i.e., costs of providing both … capacity and energy). Qualifying facilities (QF) include solar or geothermal electric units, hydropower, municipal solid waste … firm energy production, guarantees, ability to schedule maintenance or downtime, rights of refusal, power plant purchase …

generated in California and Nevada. The majority of geothermal capacity came on line during the 1980s when stable market … resource in northern California known as The Geysers. Today, most of the geothermal power currently produced in the U.S. is … wave of geothermal development that lasted until the early 1990s. However, by the mid-1990s, the market for new geothermal …

petroleum, natural gas, and electricity, projected trends in the real prices for these fuels were examined. The spread in the … energy possesses several important attributes in common with electricity (e.g., ease of maintenance and perceived security of … the next few decades, while electricity prices are projected to be more stable. Electricity prices will, however, remain …

of new earth science technologies for: exploration, fluid production and injection; and prediction of reservoir lifetimes …

explored under this Industry Coupled Program in the late 1970s are currently under production. I do not think we will find … historical long lead times to go from exploration to production, the highly entrepreneurial nature of the industry, and the lack … of an economic market, virtually no new exploration has been conducted in the U.S. in about 10 years. The consequence of …