Ties the initial 10-year royalty period for geothermal electric generating facilities on leased federal land to each facility's in-service date, rather than to the start of the lease.

• Defines a geothermal electric generating facility and its in-service date under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970
• Treats each facility as separate from another unless the two share a turbine
• Applies the minimum royalty rate for the first 10 years to each facility's production, counted from its in-service date
• Makes the same change to the second royalty provision, keyed to the same 10-year period

• Natural Resources Committee (House)
• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

Energy