By: Geren, Bailes, Isaac H.B. No. 3837
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of advanced clean energy projects.
         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)  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:
                           (i) [(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;
                           (ii) [(B)]  with regard to the portion of the
  emissions stream from the facility that is associated with the
  project, is capable of achieving:
                                 (a) [(i)]  on an annual basis:
                                       (1) [(a)]  a 99 percent or
  greater reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions;
                                       (2) [(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
                                       (3) [(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;
                                 (b) [(ii)]  on an annual basis:
                                       (1) [(a)]  a 95 percent or
  greater reduction of mercury emissions; or
                                       (2) [(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;
                                 (c) [(iii)]  an annual average
  emission rate for nitrogen oxides of:
                                       (1) [(a)]  0.05 pounds or less
  per million British thermal units;
                                       (2) [(b)]  if the project uses
  gasification technology, 0.034 pounds or less per million British
  thermal units; or
                                       (3) [(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; and
                                 (d) [(iv)]  an annual average emission
  rate for filterable particulate matter of 0.015 pounds or less per
  million British thermal units; and
                           (iii) [(C)]  captures not less than 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; or
                     (B)  a project that is a facility:
                           (i)  for which an authorization to use a
  standard permit was approved after January 1, 2020, but before
  September 1, 2023; and 
                           (ii)  that includes carbon capture in its
  design and is capturing not less than 95 percent of the carbon
  dioxide in the emissions stream already permitted for carbon
  capture.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.