Utah Geothermal Hot Water Well

Utah Geothermal Energy

Utah has two geothermal electrical generation power plants, Cove Fort and Roosevelt Hot Springs, located in the central and southwestern portion of the state. Both sites are proposing redevelopment and expansion of their respective geothermal resources. BLM anticipates that the Forest Service will also release an environmental assessment for leasing of three geothermal parcels adjacent to the Cove Fort site.

The BLM now conducts lease sales online via www.energynet.com. Please refer to each Notice of Competitive Lease Sale (NCLS) for more information on how to register, bid and spectate at online geothermal lease auctions.

2025 Lease Sale

First Quarter 2025
Color Country District (Cedar City and Richfield Field Offices)

The Environmental Assessment (EA) is posted for a 30-day public comment period from September 4 to October 4, 2024. Public comments on the EA must be submitted electronically via the BLM Land Use Planning and NEPA Register (ePlanning) link below and must be received by October 4, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. MT. Comments received by other methods will not be accepted. 

The link below will take you to the NEPA project home page where you can navigate to the environmental documents, parcel lists, maps, and shapefiles for the First Quarter 2025 Geothermal Lease Sale. 

NEPA number DOI-BLM-UT-0000-2024-0002-EA

2024 Lease Sale

December 10, 2024
Fishlake National Forest

The link below will take you to the NEPA project home page where you can navigate to the sale results, environmental documents, parcel lists, maps, and shapefiles for the December 2024 Geothermal Lease Sale. 

NEPA number DOI-BLM-UT-0000-2024-0004-EA

2023 Lease Sale

January 24, 2023: Internet-Based Geothermal Lease Sale
Fishlake National Forest

The link provided below will take you to the NEPA project home page where you can navigate to the environmental document and shapefiles for the 2023 Geothermal Lease Sale.

NEPA Number DOI-BLM-UT-0000-2022-0004-EA

2022 Lease Sale

April 12, 2022: Internet-Based Geothermal Lease Sale
Color Country District (Cedar City Field Office)
West Desert District (Fillmore Field Office)

The link provided below will take you to the NEPA project home page where you can navigate to the environmental document and shapefiles for the 2022 Geothermal Lease Sale.

NEPA number DOI-BLM-UT-0000-2021-0005-DNA (The link works best in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.)

2020 Lease Sale

December 15, 2020: Internet-Based
Color Country District& (Cedar City Field Office)
West Desert District (Fillmore Field Office)

Competitive Sale Results
Bidder's List
Competitive Sale Summary
Errata 12/3/2020
Notice of Competitive Lease Sale (NCLS)

The link provided below will take you to the NEPA project home page where you can navigate to the environmental document and shapefiles for the December 2020 Geothermal Lease Sale.

NEPA number DOI-BLM-UT-0000-2019-0006-DNA (The link works best in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.)