Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico have partnered to form the Mountain West Geothermal Consortium aimed at tapping into geothermal energy to provide hundreds of gigawatts of baseload power to the grid in the next 4 years. The consortium is led by geothermal experts from the Center for Public Enterprise in partnership with Constructive, an independent nonprofit focused on building collaboration leading to energy and climate solutions.
The consortium will work closely with nongovernmental organizations and associations, as well as advisors including Fervo Energy, Halliburton, and SLB, and will coordinate permitting, financing, and regulatory frameworks.
The consortium’s goal for 2026 is to develop and promote "high-impact, low-burden strategies" that accelerate geothermal investment, procurement, and regulation across the region. It will support state officials by providing structured insights and practical resources to advance geothermal development.
At a Salt Lake City, Utah, press conference announcing the consortium last week, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said, “Utah is working to double power production over the next decade and build the energy capacity our state will need for generations. Geothermal energy is a crucial part of that future.”
Colorado Governor Jared Polis echoed Cox’s sentiment, “Geothermal can and should be a part of that [renewable energy], providing always-on, clean, domestic energy to power our future.”
Learn more about the Mountain West Geothermal Consortium here.