S. 456 seeks to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make it easier and faster to explore and develop geothermal energy in areas that have already been studied or developed. It proposes changes to include geothermal resources alongside oil and gas in certain regulations, making the...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to make it faster and easier to use Earth's heat (geothermal energy) in places we've checked out before, just like how we do with oil and gas.