The site which is located in Southeastern Idaho was auctioned off by the U.S. Department of Interior - Bureau of Land Management on June 20^th. This is the first such auction under the new federal leasing rules under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. U.S. Geothermal. The parcel which was auctioned off is adjoining a parcel next to the Raft River project.

Daniel Kunz, U.S. Geothermal's President and Chief Executive Officer was quoted as saying; "This parcel adds 1,685 acres (2.6 square miles) of energy rights in an area that hosts good exploration potential and fills in a core area of our current holdings.”

The company is currently developing sites as well in Neal Hot Spring in eastern Oregon. The Raft River project is a 13 MW power plant project and it is hoped that this will be online by the fourth quarter of 2007.

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