Doug Dougherty has been president and CEO of the Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) since March of 2011. In that role, he became a major player in the lobbying effort to get the federal geothermal tax credits passed. The NEWS recently talked with Dougherty about those tax credits, the trends in geothermal, and his reaction to Google joining the industry.
The NEWS: How excited were you to finally get the tax credits passed? I know it was a long journey.