ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS [Text Block]

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

U.S. Geothermal Inc. (“the Company”) was incorporated on March 10, 2000 in the State of Delaware. U.S. Geothermal Inc. – Idaho was formed in February 2002, and is the primary subsidiary through which the Company conducts its operations. The Company constructs, manages and operates power plants that utilize geothermal resources to produce energy. The Company’s operations have been, primarily, focused in the Western United States of America.

Basis of Presentation

These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial reporting. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In our opinion, the unaudited consolidated financial statements include all material adjustments, all of which are of a normal and recurring nature, necessary to present fairly our financial position as of September 30, 2016 and our operating results and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015. The accompanying financial information as of December 31, 2015, is derived from audited financial statements. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The Company consolidates subsidiaries that it controls (more-than- 50% owned) and entities over which control is achieved through means other than voting rights. These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, as well as three controlling interests. The accounts of the following companies are consolidated in these financial statements:

  i)

U.S. Geothermal Inc. (incorporated in the State of Delaware);
  ii)

U.S. Geothermal Inc. (incorporated in the State of Idaho);
  iii)

U.S. Geothermal Services, LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  iv)

Nevada USG Holdings, LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  v)

USG Nevada LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  vi)

Nevada North USG Holdings, LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  vii)

USG Nevada North, LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  viii)

Oregon USG Holdings, LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  ix)

USG Oregon LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  x)

Raft River Energy I LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  xi)

Gerlach Geothermal LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  xii)

USG Gerlach LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  xiii)

U.S. Geothermal Guatemala, S.A. (organized in Guatemala);
  xiv)

Geysers USG Holdings Inc. (incorporated in the State of Delaware);
  xv)

Western GeoPower, Inc. (incorporated in the State of California);
  xvi)

USG Mayacamas Inc.. (incorporated in the State of Delaware));
  xvii)

Mayacamas Energy LLC (organized in the State of California);
  xviii)

Skyline Geothermal LLC (organized in the State of Delaware);
  xix)

Skyline Geothermal Holding, Inc. (incorporated in the State of Delaware);
  xx)

Earth Power Resources Inc. (incorporated in Delaware); and
  xxi)

Idaho USG Holdings LLC (organized in the State of Delaware).

All intercompany transactions are eliminated upon consolidation.

In cases where the Company owns a majority interest in an entity but does not own 100% of the interest in the entity, it recognizes a non-controlling interest attributed to the interest controlled by outside third parties. The Company will recognize 100% of the assets and liabilities of the entity, and disclose the non-controlling interest. The statements of income will consolidate the subsidiary’s full operations, and will separately disclose the elimination of the non-controlling interest’s allocation of profits and losses.