85R11104 JRR-F
By: Isaac H.B. No. 3058
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the new technology implementation grant program
administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 [point] sources;
(3) new technology projects that reduce emissions from
upstream and midstream oil and gas production, completion,
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 by capturing waste heat
to generate electricity; and
(4) [(3)] 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.
SECTION 2. Section 391.205(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), in awarding grants
under this chapter the commission shall give preference to projects
that:
(1) involve the transport, use, recovery for use, or
prevention of the loss of natural resources originating or produced
in this state;
(2) contain an energy efficiency component; [or]
(3) include the use of solar, wind, or other renewable
energy sources; or
(4) recover waste heat from the combustion of natural
resources and use the heat to generate electricity.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.