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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to projects that may be considered for a grant under the |
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new technology implementation grant program administered by the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 391.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Projects that may be considered for a grant under the |
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program include: |
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(1) advanced clean energy projects, as defined by |
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Section 382.003; |
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(2) new technology projects that reduce emissions of |
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regulated pollutants from stationary sources; |
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(3) new technology projects that reduce emissions from |
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upstream, [and] midstream, or downstream oil and gas production, |
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completions, gathering, storage, processing, or [and] transmission |
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activities through: |
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(A) the replacement, repower, or retrofit of |
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stationary compressor engines; |
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(B) the installation of systems to reduce or |
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eliminate the loss of gas, flaring of gas, or burning of gas using |
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other combustion control devices; or |
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(C) the installation of systems that reduce |
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flaring emissions and other site emissions; and |
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(4) electricity storage projects related to renewable |
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energy, including projects to store electricity produced from wind |
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and solar generation that provide efficient means of making the |
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stored energy available during periods of peak energy use. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |