# 119-s-4116: Geo POWER Act

119-s-4116, Geo POWER Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-23).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4116
- As of: 2026-10-23
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4116
- Congress: 119
- Title: Geo POWER Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-03-17
- Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-23

## Summary

**A Milestone-Based Geothermal Demonstration Program** would fund next-generation geothermal projects in hard-to-reach geologies. It would aim to lower high upfront exploration and drilling costs, create public data to de-risk sites, and attract private capital for commercial-scale geothermal.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT), 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT), 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Financing for new geothermal projects: benefit, low. If enacted, the Department of Energy would create a Milestone-Based Geothermal Demonstration Program within 180 days. The program would give competitive, milestone-based financing to projects in low-permeability and impermeable reservoirs, prioritizing regions with little or no geothermal electrici…

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- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-s-4116 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4116)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1462)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-199: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-199)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4116 (as of 2026-10-23).