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1	1	By: Landgraf H.B. No. 3665
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the designation of advanced clean energy projects.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 382.003(1-a), Health and Safety Code, is
9	9	amended to read as follows:
10	10	(1-a) "Advanced clean energy project" means a project
11	11	[for which an application for a permit or for an authorization to
12	12	use a standard permit under this chapter is received by the
13	13	commission on or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2020,
14	14	and] that:
15	15	(A) involves the use of coal, biomass, petroleum
16	16	coke, solid waste, natural gas, or fuel cells using hydrogen
17	17	derived from such fuels, in the generation of electricity, or the
18	18	creation of liquid fuels outside of the existing fuel production
19	19	infrastructure while co-generating electricity, whether the
20	20	project is implemented in connection with the construction of a new
21	21	facility or in connection with the modification of an existing
22	22	facility and whether the project involves the entire emissions
23	23	stream from the facility or only a portion of the emissions stream
24	24	from the facility;
25	25	(B) with regard to the portion of the emissions
26	26	stream from the facility that is associated with the project, is
27	27	capable of achieving:
28	28	(i) on an annual basis:
29	29	(a) a 99 percent or greater reduction
30	30	of sulfur dioxide emissions;
31	31	(b) if the project is designed for the
32	32	use of feedstock, substantially all of which is subbituminous coal,
33	33	an emission rate of 0.04 pounds or less of sulfur dioxide per
34	34	million British thermal units as determined by a 30-day average; or
35	35	(c) if the project is designed for the
36	36	use of one or more combustion turbines that burn natural gas, a
37	37	sulfur dioxide emission rate that meets best available control
38	38	technology requirements as determined by the commission;
39	39	(ii) on an annual basis:
40	40	(a) a 95 percent or greater reduction
41	41	of mercury emissions; or
42	42	(b) if the project is designed for the
43	43	use of one or more combustion turbines that burn natural gas, a
44	44	mercury emission rate that complies with applicable federal
45	45	requirements;
46	46	(iii) an annual average emission rate for
47	47	nitrogen oxides of:
48	48	(a) 0.05 pounds or less per million
49	49	British thermal units;
50	50	(b) if the project uses gasification
51	51	technology, 0.034 pounds or less per million British thermal units;
52	52	or
53	53	(c) if the project is designed for the
54	54	use of one or more combustion turbines that burn natural gas, two
55	55	parts per million by volume or has an emission rate that meets best
56	56	available control technology requirements as determined by the
57	57	commission; and
58	58	(iv) an annual average emission rate for
59	59	filterable particulate matter of 0.015 pounds or less per million
60	60	British thermal units; and
61	61	(C) captures not less than 90 [50] percent of the
62	62	carbon dioxide in the portion of the emissions stream from the
63	63	facility that is associated with the project and sequesters that
64	64	captured carbon dioxide by geologic storage or other means; or
65	65	(D) is a facility that received a standard permit
66	66	issued after January 1, 2020, but prior to the effective date of
67	67	this Act, which includes carbon capture in its design and is
68	68	capturing not less than 95 percent of the carbon dioxide in the
69	69	emissions stream already permitted for carbon capture.
70	70	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.