Texas 2021 - 87th 3rd C.S.

Texas House Bill HB60 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Reynolds H.B. No. 60
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the creation of an energy efficiency loan guarantee
7	7	program under the Texas emissions reduction plan.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 386.051(b), Health and Safety Code, as
10	10	effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
11	11	(b) Under the plan, the commission and the comptroller shall
12	12	provide grants or other funding for:
13	13	(1) the diesel emissions reduction incentive program
14	14	established under Subchapter C, including for infrastructure
15	15	projects established under that subchapter;
16	16	(2) the motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive
17	17	program established under Subchapter D;
18	18	(3) the air quality research support program
19	19	established under Chapter 387;
20	20	(4) the clean school bus program established under
21	21	Chapter 390;
22	22	(5) the new technology implementation grant program
23	23	established under Chapter 391;
24	24	(6) the regional air monitoring program established
25	25	under Section 386.252(a);
26	26	(7) a health effects study as provided by Section
27	27	386.252(a);
28	28	(8) air quality planning activities as provided by
29	29	Section 386.252(d);
30	30	(9) a contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at
31	31	the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station for computation of
32	32	creditable statewide emissions reductions as provided by Section
33	33	386.252(a);
34	34	(10) the Texas clean fleet program established under
35	35	Chapter 392;
36	36	(11) the Texas alternative fueling facilities program
37	37	established under Chapter 393;
38	38	(12) the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program
39	39	established under Chapter 394;
40	40	(13) other programs the commission may develop that
41	41	lead to reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter,
42	42	or volatile organic compounds in a nonattainment area or affected
43	43	county;
44	44	(14) other programs the commission may develop that
45	45	support congestion mitigation to reduce mobile source ozone
46	46	precursor emissions;
47	47	(15) the seaport and rail yard areas emissions
48	48	reduction program established under Subchapter D-1;
49	49	(16) conducting research and other activities
50	50	associated with making any necessary demonstrations to the United
51	51	States Environmental Protection Agency to account for the impact of
52	52	foreign emissions or an exceptional event;
53	53	(17) studies of or pilot programs for incentives for
54	54	port authorities located in nonattainment areas or affected
55	55	counties as provided by Section 386.252(a);
56	56	(18) the governmental alternative fuel fleet grant
57	57	program established under Chapter 395; [and]
58	58	(19) remittance of funds to the state highway fund for
59	59	use by the Texas Department of Transportation for congestion
60	60	mitigation and air quality improvement projects in nonattainment
61	61	areas and affected counties; and
62	62	(20) the energy efficiency loan guarantee program
63	63	established under Section 388.013.
64	64	SECTION 2. Section 386.252(a), Health and Safety Code, as
65	65	effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
66	66	(a) Money in the fund and account may be used only to
67	67	implement and administer programs established under the
68	68	plan. Subject to the reallocation of funds by the commission under
69	69	Subsection (h) and after remittance to the state highway fund under
70	70	Subsection (a-1), money from the fund and account to be used for the
71	71	programs under Section 386.051(b) shall initially be allocated as
72	72	follows:
73	73	(1) four percent may be used for the clean school bus
74	74	program under Chapter 390;
75	75	(2) three percent may be used for the new technology
76	76	implementation grant program under Chapter 391, from which at least
77	77	$1 million will be set aside for electricity storage projects
78	78	related to renewable energy;
79	79	(3) five percent may be used for the Texas clean fleet
80	80	program under Chapter 392;
81	81	(4) not more than $3 million may be used by the
82	82	commission to fund a regional air monitoring program in commission
83	83	Regions 3 and 4 to be implemented under the commission's oversight,
84	84	including direction regarding the type, number, location, and
85	85	operation of, and data validation practices for, monitors funded by
86	86	the program through a regional nonprofit entity located in North
87	87	Texas having representation from counties, municipalities, higher
88	88	education institutions, and private sector interests across the
89	89	area;
90	90	(5) 10 percent may be used for the Texas natural gas
91	91	vehicle grant program under Chapter 394;
92	92	(6) not more than $6 million may be used for the Texas
93	93	alternative fueling facilities program under Chapter 393, of which
94	94	a specified amount may be used for fueling stations to provide
95	95	natural gas fuel, except that money may not be allocated for the
96	96	Texas alternative fueling facilities program for the state fiscal
97	97	year ending August 31, 2019;
98	98	(7) not more than $750,000 may be used each year to
99	99	support research related to air quality as provided by Chapter 387;
100	100	(8) not more than $200,000 may be used for a health
101	101	effects study;
102	102	(9) at least $6 million but not more than $16 million
103	103	may be used by the commission for administrative costs, including
104	104	all direct and indirect costs for administering the plan, costs for
105	105	conducting outreach and education activities, and costs
106	106	attributable to the review or approval of applications for
107	107	marketable emissions reduction credits;
108	108	(10) six percent may be used by the commission for the
109	109	seaport and rail yard areas emissions reduction program established
110	110	under Subchapter D-1;
111	111	(11) five percent may be used for the light-duty motor
112	112	vehicle purchase or lease incentive program established under
113	113	Subchapter D;
114	114	(12) not more than $216,000 may be used by the
115	115	commission to contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at the
116	116	Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station annually for the
117	117	development and annual computation of creditable statewide
118	118	emissions reductions obtained through wind and other renewable
119	119	energy resources for the state implementation plan;
120	120	(13) not more than $500,000 may be used for studies of
121	121	or pilot programs for incentives for port authorities located in
122	122	nonattainment areas or affected counties to encourage cargo
123	123	movement that reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate
124	124	matter; [and]
125	125	(14) at least $1 million and not more than $5 million
126	126	shall be allocated for the energy efficiency loan guarantee program
127	127	established under Section 388.013; and
128	128	(15) the balance is to be used by the commission for
129	129	the diesel emissions reduction incentive program under Subchapter C
130	130	as determined by the commission.
131	131	SECTION 3. Chapter 388, Health and Safety Code, is amended
132	132	by adding Section 388.013 to read as follows:
133	133	Sec. 388.013. ENERGY EFFICIENCY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.
134	134	(a) The comptroller and the State Energy Conservation Office by
135	135	rule shall establish and administer a program that issues or
136	136	guarantees loans to be used for improvements that increase the
137	137	energy efficiency of residences that are not newly constructed.
138	138	(b) Rules adopted under this section must establish
139	139	eligibility requirements for receipt of a loan issued or guaranteed
140	140	under this section, including emissions reduction
141	141	cost-effectiveness criteria.
142	142	(c) The State Energy Conservation Office annually shall
143	143	submit to the commission and the laboratory a report that:
144	144	(1) evaluates the effectiveness of the program
145	145	established under this section; and
146	146	(2) quantifies energy savings and emissions
147	147	reductions as a result of this program for consideration in the
148	148	state implementation plan for emissions reduction credit.
149	149	SECTION 4. Section 389.002, Health and Safety Code, is
150	150	amended to read as follows:
151	151	Sec. 389.002. USE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL
152	152	RECOGNITION OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. The commission, using
153	153	information derived from the reports to the commission under
154	154	Sections 386.205, 388.003(e), [and] 388.006, and 388.013, shall
155	155	take all appropriate and necessary actions so that emissions
156	156	reductions achieved by means of activities under Chapters 386 and
157	157	388 are credited by the United States Environmental Protection
158	158	Agency to the appropriate emissions reduction objectives in the
159	159	state implementation plan.
160	160	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
161	161	last day of the legislative session.