Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R3386 JRR-F
2	2	By: Reynolds H.B. No. 1533
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of an energy efficiency loan guarantee
8	8	program under the Texas emissions reduction plan.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 386.051(b), Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(b) Under the plan, the commission and the comptroller shall
13	13	provide grants or other funding for:
14	14	(1) the diesel emissions reduction incentive program
15	15	established under Subchapter C, including for infrastructure
16	16	projects established under that subchapter;
17	17	(2) the motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive
18	18	program established under Subchapter D;
19	19	(3) the air quality research support program
20	20	established under Chapter 387;
21	21	(4) the clean school bus program established under
22	22	Chapter 390;
23	23	(5) the new technology implementation grant program
24	24	established under Chapter 391;
25	25	(6) the regional air monitoring program established
26	26	under Section 386.252(a);
27	27	(7) a health effects study as provided by Section
28	28	386.252(a);
29	29	(8) air quality planning activities as provided by
30	30	Section 386.252(d);
31	31	(9) a contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at
32	32	the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station for computation of
33	33	creditable statewide emissions reductions as provided by Section
34	34	386.252(a);
35	35	(10) the Texas clean fleet program established under
36	36	Chapter 392;
37	37	(11) the Texas alternative fueling facilities program
38	38	established under Chapter 393;
39	39	(12) the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program
40	40	established under Chapter 394;
41	41	(13) other programs the commission may develop that
42	42	lead to reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter,
43	43	or volatile organic compounds in a nonattainment area or affected
44	44	county;
45	45	(14) other programs the commission may develop that
46	46	support congestion mitigation to reduce mobile source ozone
47	47	precursor emissions;
48	48	(15) the seaport and rail yard areas emissions
49	49	reduction program established under Subchapter D-1;
50	50	(16) conducting research and other activities
51	51	associated with making any necessary demonstrations to the United
52	52	States Environmental Protection Agency to account for the impact of
53	53	foreign emissions or an exceptional event;
54	54	(17) studies of or pilot programs for incentives for
55	55	port authorities located in nonattainment areas or affected
56	56	counties as provided by Section 386.252(a); [and]
57	57	(18) the governmental alternative fuel fleet grant
58	58	program established under Chapter 395; and
59	59	(19) the energy efficiency loan guarantee program
60	60	established under Section 388.013.
61	61	SECTION 2. Section 386.252(a), Health and Safety Code, as
62	62	effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
63	63	(a) Money in the fund and account may be used only to
64	64	implement and administer programs established under the
65	65	plan. Subject to the reallocation of funds by the commission under
66	66	Subsection (h), money from the fund and account to be used for the
67	67	programs under Section 386.051(b) shall initially be allocated as
68	68	follows:
69	69	(1) four percent may be used for the clean school bus
70	70	program under Chapter 390;
71	71	(2) three percent may be used for the new technology
72	72	implementation grant program under Chapter 391, from which at least
73	73	$1 million will be set aside for electricity storage projects
74	74	related to renewable energy;
75	75	(3) five percent may be used for the Texas clean fleet
76	76	program under Chapter 392;
77	77	(4) not more than $3 million may be used by the
78	78	commission to fund a regional air monitoring program in commission
79	79	Regions 3 and 4 to be implemented under the commission's oversight,
80	80	including direction regarding the type, number, location, and
81	81	operation of, and data validation practices for, monitors funded by
82	82	the program through a regional nonprofit entity located in North
83	83	Texas having representation from counties, municipalities, higher
84	84	education institutions, and private sector interests across the
85	85	area;
86	86	(5) 10 percent may be used for the Texas natural gas
87	87	vehicle grant program under Chapter 394;
88	88	(6) not more than $6 million may be used for the Texas
89	89	alternative fueling facilities program under Chapter 393, of which
90	90	a specified amount may be used for fueling stations to provide
91	91	natural gas fuel, except that money may not be allocated for the
92	92	Texas alternative fueling facilities program for the state fiscal
93	93	year ending August 31, 2019;
94	94	(7) not more than $750,000 may be used each year to
95	95	support research related to air quality as provided by Chapter 387;
96	96	(8) not more than $200,000 may be used for a health
97	97	effects study;
98	98	(9) at least $6 million but not more than $16 million
99	99	may be used by the commission for administrative costs, including
100	100	all direct and indirect costs for administering the plan, costs for
101	101	conducting outreach and education activities, and costs
102	102	attributable to the review or approval of applications for
103	103	marketable emissions reduction credits;
104	104	(10) six percent may be used by the commission for the
105	105	seaport and rail yard areas emissions reduction program established
106	106	under Subchapter D-1;
107	107	(11) five percent may be used for the light-duty motor
108	108	vehicle purchase or lease incentive program established under
109	109	Subchapter D;
110	110	(12) not more than $216,000 may be used by the
111	111	commission to contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at the
112	112	Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station annually for the
113	113	development and annual computation of creditable statewide
114	114	emissions reductions obtained through wind and other renewable
115	115	energy resources for the state implementation plan;
116	116	(13) not more than $500,000 may be used for studies of
117	117	or pilot programs for incentives for port authorities located in
118	118	nonattainment areas or affected counties to encourage cargo
119	119	movement that reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate
120	120	matter; [and]
121	121	(14) at least $1 million and not more than $5 million
122	122	shall be allocated for the energy efficiency loan guarantee program
123	123	established under Section 388.013; and
124	124	(15) the balance is to be used by the commission for
125	125	the diesel emissions reduction incentive program under Subchapter C
126	126	as determined by the commission.
127	127	SECTION 3. Chapter 388, Health and Safety Code, is amended
128	128	by adding Section 388.013 to read as follows:
129	129	Sec. 388.013. ENERGY EFFICIENCY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
130	130	(a) The comptroller and the State Energy Conservation Office by
131	131	rule shall establish and administer a program that issues or
132	132	guarantees loans to be used for improvements that increase the
133	133	energy efficiency of residences that are not newly constructed.
134	134	(b) Rules adopted under this section must establish
135	135	eligibility requirements for receipt of a loan issued or guaranteed
136	136	under this section, including emissions reduction
137	137	cost-effectiveness criteria.
138	138	(c) The State Energy Conservation Office annually shall
139	139	submit to the commission and the laboratory a report that:
140	140	(1) evaluates the effectiveness of the program
141	141	established under this section; and
142	142	(2) quantifies energy savings and emissions
143	143	reductions as a result of this program for consideration in the
144	144	state implementation plan for emissions reduction credit.
145	145	SECTION 4. Section 389.002, Health and Safety Code, is
146	146	amended to read as follows:
147	147	Sec. 389.002. USE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL
148	148	RECOGNITION OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. The commission, using
149	149	information derived from the reports to the commission under
150	150	Sections 386.205, 388.003(e), [and] 388.006, and 388.013, shall
151	151	take all appropriate and necessary actions so that emissions
152	152	reductions achieved by means of activities under Chapters 386 and
153	153	388 are credited by the United States Environmental Protection
154	154	Agency to the appropriate emissions reduction objectives in the
155	155	state implementation plan.
156	156	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.