1. NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC. Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview Kate Young Summer 2012

2. 2 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR OVERVIEW The Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap (GRR) consists of: 1. Flowcharts Divided into sections based on project development subjects (e.g. exploration, drilling, construction) Developed at 4 levels – general, Federal, state and local levels Designed in a linear manner to walk user through all portions of project permitting via questions asked available on OpenEI; contact GRR team for updates 2. Narratives Describe and provide more detailed information and links for each of the flowcharts Provide a general overview of each flowchart, as well as detailed descriptions of each step in the process Provide information on timing, best practices and potential pitfalls available on OpenEI; updateable 3. Reference Materials Links to the following information are being collected and made available: Regulations, laws, policies, etc. Agency websites and contact information Permitting forms Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) Agency Instruction Memorandums (IMs) Permitting guides Additional references available on OpenEI; updateable

3. 3 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR GRR SECTIONS

4. 4 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR FLOWCHART FEATURES Flowchart Number Flowcharts that lead here Approximate length of process Date of last revision

5. 5 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR FLOWCHART ELEMENTS

6. 6 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR FLOWCHART ELEMENTS Element Number Approximate length of step Action Entity

7. 7 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR FLOWCHART ELEMENTS

8. 8 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR FLOWCHART ELEMENTS

9. 9 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR FLOWCHART ELEMENTS

10. 10 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR OVERVIEW The Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap (GRR) consists of: 1. Flowcharts divided into sections based on project development subjects (e.g. exploration, drilling, construction) developed at 4 levels – general, Federal, state and local levels designed in a linear manner to walk user through all portions of project permitting via questions asked available on OpenEI; contact GRR team for updates 2. Narratives Describe and provide more detailed information and links for each of the flowcharts Provide a general overview of each flowchart, as well as detailed descriptions of each step in the process Provides information on timing,, best practices and potential pitfalls available on OpenEI; updateable 3. Reference Materials Links to the following information are being collected and made available: Regulations, laws, policies, etc. Agency websites and contact information Permitting forms Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) Agency Instruction Memorandums (IMs) Permitting guides Additional references available on OpenEI; updateable 1. Flowcharts Divided into sections based on project development subjects (e.g. exploration, drilling, construction) Developed at 4 levels – general, Federal, state and local levels Designed in a linear manner to walk user through all portions of project permitting via questions asked available on OpenEI; contact GRR team for updates 2. Narratives Describe and provide more detailed information and links for each of the flowcharts Provide a general overview of each flowchart, as well as detailed descriptions of each step in the process Provide information on timing, best practices and potential pitfalls available on OpenEI; updateable 3. Reference Materials Links to the following information are being collected and made available: Regulations, laws, policies, etc. Agency websites and contact information Permitting forms Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) Agency Instruction Memorandums (IMs) Permitting guides Additional references available on OpenEI; updateable

11. 11 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR FLOWCHART ELEMENTS

12. 12 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR OVERVIEW The Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap (GRR) consists of: 1. Flowcharts divided into sections based on project development subjects (e.g. exploration, drilling, construction) developed at 4 levels – general, Federal, state and local levels designed in a linear manner to walk user through all portions of project permitting via questions asked available on OpenEI; contact GRR team for updates 2. Narratives Describe and provide more detailed information and links for each of the flowcharts Provide a general overview of each flowchart, as well as detailed descriptions of each step in the process Provides information on timing,, best practices and potential pitfalls available on OpenEI; updateable 3. Reference Materials Links to the following information are being collected and made available: Regulations, laws, policies, etc. Agency websites and contact information Permitting forms Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) Agency Instruction Memorandums (IMs) Permitting guides Additional references available on OpenEI; updateable 1. Flowcharts Divided into sections based on project development subjects (e.g. exploration, drilling, construction) Developed at 4 levels – general, Federal, state and local levels Designed in a linear manner to walk user through all portions of project permitting via questions asked available on OpenEI; contact GRR team for updates 2. Narratives Describe and provide more detailed information and links for each of the flowcharts Provide a general overview of each flowchart, as well as detailed descriptions of each step in the process Provide information on timing, best practices and potential pitfalls available on OpenEI; updateable 3. Reference Materials Links to the following information are being collected and made available: Regulations, laws, policies, etc. Agency websites and contact information Permitting forms Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) Agency Instruction Memorandums (IMs) Permitting guides Additional references available on OpenEI; updateable

13. 13 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR FLOWCHART ELEMENTS

14. 14 Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Overview http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR ACCESSING THE GRR ON OPENEI Set Up an Account Note that using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers allows increased functionality for editing than Internet Explorer. 1.Point Your Browser to this web address:http://en.openei.org/http://en.openei.org/ 2.Click on “Sign Up” in the upper right corner, and enter the required information to set up an account 3.Start using OpenEI Accessing the GRR Note that because the Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap is in the development phase, the pages have not been indexed. Therefore, they will not show up in any Google or other search. They can only be accessed by knowing and typing in these web addresses. Internal page links have been created for navigation. Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap Homepage: http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRRhttp://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR List of Flowcharts: http://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR/Flowchartshttp://en.openei.org/wiki/GRR/Flowcharts Other Useful Pages Geothermal Homepage:http://en.openei.org/wiki/Gateway:Geothermalhttp://en.openei.org/wiki/Gateway:Geothermal List of Organizations on OpenEI http://en.openei.org/wiki/Category:Organizationshttp://en.openei.org/wiki/Category:Organizations

15. Thank You! Special Thanks to: Flowchart and content developers: Aaron Levine, Joe Norris, Deborah Klein, Dietrich Hoefner, David Fitzgerald, Shefaali Desai, Megan Ulrich, Christina Larney, NREL OpenEI Developers: Jon Weers, Jay Huggins, Teresa Wong, Ryan McKeel, & KC Hallett Katherine R. Young katherine.young@nrel.gov 303-384-7402 Kermit Witherbee kermit.witherbee@nrel.gov 303-275-3882 This work was funded by the Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Program.