"The cost of solar and wind has dropped by around 80% and 70%, respectively, in the past decade. Both options are now cheaper than coal or gas, according to an analysis from Columbia University."
Never miss an opportunity to confuse readers with LCOE!
“The single largest lever that Congress can pull over the next 18 months would be permit reform,” Mailloux said. “I think geothermal, more than any other technology, has the most to gain from modernizing our federal permitting system.”
Nope. It's wind and transmission that need permitting reform.
Finally, I find the article's headline offensively misleading. Renewable energy isn't a zero-sum competition in which killing wind+solar projects helps geothermal. The article mentions nothing that Trump has done to actually help Utah's geothermal industry.
