The electrical industry does not have access to the data sets available to the petroleum community. They are generally unaware of the geothermal potential of these proven, highly permeable, depleting gas fields. Wellbores costing several billions of dollars are already in place. Fresh water will be a critical threshold parameter governing the growth of Texas in the 21 st century. Today, binary plants are operating in California, Nevada, Utah, and Hawaii, producing electrical power with primary fluid temperatures in the 140 to 180 C. range.
Binary plants are remarkably operations efficient.
Unlike wind, solar, and tidal renewable energy, geothermal can reliably supply both baseload and peakload electricity to the existing power grid. As an added attraction, the binary plant is the most environmentally friendly electrical generation facility in operation today. Continued growth will require increased sources of power. The border region of Mexico is also a potential market for that power. The Texas Railroad Commission has authority over both hydrocarbon wells and geothermal operations in the State of Texas.