66-1102. Terms, defined.As used in sections 66-1101 to 66-1106, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Geothermal resources shall mean (a) the natural heat of the earth and the energy produced by that heat, including pressure, and (b) the material medium containing that energy;(2) Geothermal fluids shall mean the naturally present ground water in geothermal occurrences;(3) Geothermal occurrence shall mean an underground geologic formation at temperatures higher than the normal gradient; and(4) Material medium shall mean geothermal fluids or other substances injected into a geothermal occurrence by which geothermal energy is transported to the surface.Source Laws 1982, LB 708, § 2.
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