Federal money funds heat-power projects in new areas and tribal lands.
S. 4116 — Geo POWER Act · Filed by John Hickenlooper (D-CO) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 17, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
The bill sets up a federal program to pay for heat-power projects. These projects are in places where heat-power is new or not yet used. The Department of Energy will give grants and loans to heat-power projects. Projects must hit certain goals. The program focuses on new areas, tribal lands, and projects that draw private money. The goal is to lower risk and share data. Private firms can then build heat-power later.
Who it affects
Heat-power firms and project leaders get federal money. People in regions that lack power may get new clean power and jobs. Private heat-power firms will get public data to help them plan.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money each project can get. The bill does not say what kind of loans the Department of Power can give.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Mar 17, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Mar 17, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held”
- Sep 30, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
6 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 7 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $780,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 5 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 82% of bills with any report.
John Hickenlooper, who sponsored the bill, received $975,352 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Corporate Energy Buyers Association — $380,000 in 2 reports
- Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, Inc. — $260,000 in 1 report
- Quaise Energy, Inc — $60,000 in 1 report
- Quaise Energy, Inc. — $50,000 in 1 report
- Climate Innovation Action — $30,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- heat-power — Power made from heat deep inside the Earth.
- tribal lands — Land owned or run by Native American tribes.
- grants — Money the government gives that does not have to be paid back.
- loans — Money the government lends that must be paid back.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,609 characters) on Aug 19, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
- S. 4116 on Congress.gov
- Actions and status history
- Cosponsors (3)
- Bill text the analysis read
- Corporate Energy Buyers Association — LDA filing, 2026 Q2
- Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, Inc. — LDA filing, 2026 Q2
- Quaise Energy, Inc — LDA filing, 2026 Q2
- John Hickenlooper — FEC candidate receipts, 2026 cycle
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