Renewable Energy - Utah
Renewable Energy Resources
- Executive Order 14008 – Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
- Energy Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-260)
- BLM Utah Renewable Energy Information Session Presentation PDF
Geothermal
- Code of Federal Regulations – Geothermal Resource Leasing
- Form 3203-1. Nomination of Lands for Competitive Geothermal Leasing
- BLM. 2009. Bureau of Land Management - Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Geothermal Leasing in the Western United States. Washington D.C.: BLM
- Geothermal Energy Regional BLM Information for Utah
Solar, Wind, & Energy Transmission
- Code of Federal Regulations – Rights-of-way under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
- Solar Energy Development Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Information Center
- BLM Information on Obtaining and Right-of-way on Public Lands
- BLM Instruction Memorandum 2021-026: Use of Competitive Processes for Solar and Wind Energy Development Outside of Designated Leasing Areas
- Solar Energy Environmental Mapper (explore geospatial solar energy environmental data)
- Wind Energy Development Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Information Center
- BLM Instruction Memorandum 2011-003 - Solar Energy Development Policy
- BLM Information on West Wide Energy Corridors
- West-Wide Energy Corridors Information Center
- West-Wide Energy Corridor Guidebook
- Section 368 Mapping Tool
- Press Release – August 31, 2021 - Bureau of Land Management Solicits Initial Public Input on Updating Regulations for Rights-Of-Way and Renewable Energy
- Milford Flats South Solar Energy Zone – Information on Competitive Lease Offer
BLM Utah Points of Contact
- Solar: Mary Higgins, mhiggins@blm.gov
- Wind: Mary Higgins, mhiggins@blm.gov
- Geothermal: Robin Hansen, robinhansen@blm.gov
- Rights-of-Way: Mary Higgins, mhiggins@blm.gov