(1) The commission may adopt procedures by rule to establish geothermal resource units applicable to allocated geothermal resources. In its regulation of geothermal resource units, the commission may:
- (a) Control well-spacing and production rates;
- (b) Control the quantity of geothermal fluid extracted from allocated geothermal resources by methods and procedures that the commission deems appropriate, including requirements to reinject;
- (c) Adopt a comprehensive unit plan that encourages sustainable use of allocated geothermal resources; and
- (d) Require equitable compensation to any impacted owner of an allocated geothermal resource.
- (2) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, nothing in this section affects the ownership, administration, aggregation, or determination of water rights.
Source: L. 2023: Entire section added, (SB 23-285), ch. 235, p. 1242, § 11, effective July 1.