| 1 | 1 | | 85R11104 JRR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Isaac H.B. No. 3058 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the new technology implementation grant program |
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| 8 | 8 | | administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 391.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) Projects that may be considered for a grant under the |
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| 13 | 13 | | program include: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) advanced clean energy projects, as defined by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Section 382.003; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) new technology projects that reduce emissions of |
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| 17 | 17 | | regulated pollutants from stationary [point] sources; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) new technology projects that reduce emissions from |
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| 19 | 19 | | upstream and midstream oil and gas production, completion, |
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| 20 | 20 | | gathering, storage, processing, and transmission activities |
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| 21 | 21 | | through: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) the replacement, repower, or retrofit of |
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| 23 | 23 | | stationary compressor engines; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) the installation of systems to reduce or |
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| 25 | 25 | | eliminate the loss of gas, flaring of gas, or burning of gas using |
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| 26 | 26 | | other combustion control devices; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (C) the installation of systems that reduce |
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| 28 | 28 | | flaring emissions and other site emissions by capturing waste heat |
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| 29 | 29 | | to generate electricity; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) [(3)] electricity storage projects related to |
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| 31 | 31 | | renewable energy, including projects to store electricity produced |
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| 32 | 32 | | from wind and solar generation that provide efficient means of |
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| 33 | 33 | | making the stored energy available during periods of peak energy |
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| 34 | 34 | | use. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. Section 391.205(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 36 | 36 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), in awarding grants |
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| 38 | 38 | | under this chapter the commission shall give preference to projects |
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| 39 | 39 | | that: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) involve the transport, use, recovery for use, or |
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| 41 | 41 | | prevention of the loss of natural resources originating or produced |
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| 42 | 42 | | in this state; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) contain an energy efficiency component; [or] |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) include the use of solar, wind, or other renewable |
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| 45 | 45 | | energy sources; or |
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| 46 | 46 | | (4) recover waste heat from the combustion of natural |
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| 47 | 47 | | resources and use the heat to generate electricity. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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