Gaining Steam: A Regulatory and Policy Framework for Geothermal Energy Development in Alberta

GAINING STEAM: A REGULATORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN ALBERTA Module 2: The Missing Pieces in Alberta’s Regulatory Landscape and a Path Forward for Geothermal Energy Development GEOTHERMAL SPRING IN ICELAND Gaining Steam: A Regulatory and Policy Framework for Geothermal Energy Development in Alberta Module 2: The Missing Pieces in Alberta’s Regulatory Landscape and [...] GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GAINING STEAM: A REGULATORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN ALBERTA Module 2: The Missing Pieces in Alberta’s Regulatory Landscape and a Path Forward for Geothermal Energy Development Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: Gaining steam : a regulatory and policy framework for geothermal energy development in. [...] October 2020 Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) Society P a g e. | 4 GAINING STEAM: A REGULATORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN ALBERTA Module 2: The Missing Pieces in Alberta’s Regulatory Landscape and a Path Forward for Geothermal Energy Development TABLE OF CONTENTS MODULE 2: THE MISSING PIECES IN ALBERTA’S REGULATORY LANDSCAPE AND A PATH FORWARD FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY [...] October 2020 Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) Society P a g e. | 19 GAINING STEAM: A REGULATORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN ALBERTA Module 2: The Missing Pieces in Alberta’s Regulatory Landscape and a Path Forward for Geothermal Energy Development (2) Geothermal resources are vested in and are the property of the Crown in right of Alberta and remain the property of [...] The Surface Rights Act would need to be amended to include the definition of geothermal resources in s. 1. Further, s. 12 should be amended to include geothermal resources: 12(1) No operator has a right of entry in respect of the surface of any land (a) For the removal of minerals or geothermal resources contained in or underlying the surface of the land, or for or incidental to any mining or dril