88R21597 JRR-F
 
  By: Darby H.B. No. 1158
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1158:
 
  By:  Darby C.S.H.B. No. 1158
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to advanced clean energy projects and certain other
  projects that reduce or eliminate emissions of carbon dioxide or
  other pollutants.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 382.003(1-a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (1-a)  "Advanced clean energy project" means a project
  [for which an application for a permit or for an authorization to
  use a standard permit under this chapter is received by the
  commission on or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2020,
  and] that:
                     (A)  involves the use of coal, biomass, petroleum
  coke, solid waste, natural gas, or fuel cells using hydrogen
  derived from such fuels, in the generation of electricity, or the
  creation of liquid fuels outside of the existing fuel production
  infrastructure while co-generating electricity, whether the
  project is implemented in connection with the construction of a new
  facility or in connection with the modification of an existing
  facility and whether the project involves the entire emissions
  stream from the facility or only a portion of the emissions stream
  from the facility;
                     (B)  with regard to the portion of the emissions
  stream from the facility that is associated with the project, is
  capable of achieving:
                           (i)  on an annual basis:
                                 (a)  a 99 percent or greater reduction
  of sulfur dioxide emissions;
                                 (b)  if the project is designed for the
  use of feedstock, substantially all of which is subbituminous coal,
  an emission rate of 0.04 pounds or less of sulfur dioxide per
  million British thermal units as determined by a 30-day average; or
                                 (c)  if the project is designed for the
  use of one or more combustion turbines that burn natural gas, a
  sulfur dioxide emission rate that meets best available control
  technology requirements as determined by the commission;
                           (ii)  on an annual basis:
                                 (a)  a 95 percent or greater reduction
  of mercury emissions; or
                                 (b)  if the project is designed for the
  use of one or more combustion turbines that burn natural gas, a
  mercury emission rate that complies with applicable federal
  requirements;
                           (iii)  an annual average emission rate for
  nitrogen oxides of:
                                 (a)  0.05 pounds or less per million
  British thermal units;
                                 (b)  if the project uses gasification
  technology, 0.034 pounds or less per million British thermal units;
  or
                                 (c)  if the project is designed for the
  use of one or more combustion turbines that burn natural gas, two
  parts per million by volume or an emission rate that meets best
  available control technology requirements as determined by the
  commission; and
                           (iv)  an annual average emission rate for
  filterable particulate matter of 0.015 pounds or less per million
  British thermal units; and
                     (C)  captures not less than 75 [50] percent of the
  carbon dioxide in the portion of the emissions stream from the
  facility that is associated with the project and sequesters that
  captured carbon dioxide by geologic storage or other means.
         SECTION 2.  Section 391.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Projects that may be considered for a grant under the
  program include:
               (1)  advanced clean energy projects, as defined by
  Section 382.003;
               (2)  new technology projects that reduce emissions of
  regulated pollutants from stationary sources;
               (3)  new technology projects that reduce emissions from
  upstream and midstream oil and gas production, completions,
  gathering, storage, processing, and transmission activities
  through:
                     (A)  the replacement, repower, or retrofit of
  stationary compressor engines;
                     (B)  the installation of systems to reduce or
  eliminate the loss of gas, flaring of gas, or burning of gas using
  other combustion control devices; or
                     (C)  the installation of systems that reduce
  flaring emissions and other site emissions; [and]
               (4)  electricity storage projects related to renewable
  energy, including projects to store electricity produced from wind
  and solar generation that provide efficient means of making the
  stored energy available during periods of peak energy use;
               (5)  projects that utilize technology to capture, use,
  reuse, store, gather, transport, or sequester carbon dioxide
  emissions from a new or existing petrochemical plant or electric
  generation facility, including a facility powered by coal, natural
  gas, hydrogen, or ammonia, for the principal purpose of preventing
  carbon dioxide from entering or remaining in the atmosphere; and
               (6)  projects that involve the use of renewable energy
  to produce hydrogen fuel for use in transportation, agricultural,
  or industrial processes and result in a reduction of pollutants
  entering the atmosphere.
         SECTION 3.  Section 151.334, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 151.334.  COMPONENTS OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY USED
  IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS OR BY CARBON
  CAPTURE FACILITIES [SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE]. Components
  of tangible personal property used in connection with an advanced
  clean energy project, as defined by Section 382.003, Health and
  Safety Code, or a clean energy project, as defined by Section
  120.001, Natural Resources Code, or purchased and installed by a
  carbon capture facility are exempted from the taxes imposed by this
  chapter if[:
               [(1)]  the components are installed to capture carbon
  dioxide from the atmosphere or an anthropogenic emission source,
  transport or inject carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or an
  anthropogenic emission [such a] source, or prepare carbon dioxide
  from the atmosphere or an anthropogenic emission [such a] source
  for transportation or injection[;] and:
               (1) [(2)]  the carbon dioxide is sequestered in this
  state[:
                     [(A)]  as part of an enhanced oil recovery project
  that qualifies for a tax rate reduction under Section 202.0545, as
  provided by Subsection (c) of that section; or
               (2)  the components are used in connection with the
  capture, use, reuse, storage, injection, or sequestration of carbon
  dioxide emissions to prevent [(B)  in a manner and under conditions
  that create a reasonable expectation that at least 99 percent of
  the] carbon dioxide from entering or remaining in [will remain
  sequestered from] the atmosphere [for at least 1,000 years].
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  151.334, Tax Code, does not affect tax liability accruing before
  the effective date of this Act. That liability continues in effect
  as if this Act had not been enacted, and the former law is continued
  in effect for the collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal
  enforcement of the liability for those taxes.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.