H.B. No. 3837
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of advanced clean energy projects.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 382.003(1-a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (1-a)  "Advanced clean energy project" means:
                     (A)  a project for which an application for a
  permit or for an authorization to use a standard permit under this
  chapter is received by the commission on or after January 1, 2008,
  and before January 1, 2020, and that:
                           (i) [(A)]  involves the use of coal,
  biomass, petroleum coke, solid waste, natural gas, or fuel cells
  using hydrogen derived from such fuels, in the generation of
  electricity, or the creation of liquid fuels outside of the
  existing fuel production infrastructure while co-generating
  electricity, whether the project is implemented in connection with
  the construction of a new facility or in connection with the
  modification of an existing facility and whether the project
  involves the entire emissions stream from the facility or only a
  portion of the emissions stream from the facility;
                           (ii) [(B)]  with regard to the portion of the
  emissions stream from the facility that is associated with the
  project, is capable of achieving:
                                 (a) [(i)]  on an annual basis:
                                       (1) [(a)]  a 99 percent or
  greater reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions;
                                       (2) [(b)]  if the project is
  designed for the use of feedstock, substantially all of which is
  subbituminous coal, an emission rate of 0.04 pounds or less of
  sulfur dioxide per million British thermal units as determined by a
  30-day average; or
                                       (3) [(c)]  if the project is
  designed for the use of one or more combustion turbines that burn
  natural gas, a sulfur dioxide emission rate that meets best
  available control technology requirements as determined by the
  commission;
                                 (b) [(ii)]  on an annual basis:
                                       (1) [(a)]  a 95 percent or
  greater reduction of mercury emissions; or
                                       (2) [(b)]  if the project is
  designed for the use of one or more combustion turbines that burn
  natural gas, a mercury emission rate that complies with applicable
  federal requirements;
                                 (c) [(iii)]  an annual average
  emission rate for nitrogen oxides of:
                                       (1) [(a)]  0.05 pounds or less
  per million British thermal units;
                                       (2) [(b)]  if the project uses
  gasification technology, 0.034 pounds or less per million British
  thermal units; or
                                       (3) [(c)]  if the project is
  designed for the use of one or more combustion turbines that burn
  natural gas, two parts per million by volume; and
                                 (d) [(iv)]  an annual average emission
  rate for filterable particulate matter of 0.015 pounds or less per
  million British thermal units; and
                           (iii) [(C)]  captures not less than 50
  percent of the carbon dioxide in the portion of the emissions stream
  from the facility that is associated with the project and
  sequesters that captured carbon dioxide by geologic storage or
  other means; or
                     (B)  a project that is a facility:
                           (i)  for which an authorization to use a
  standard permit was approved after January 1, 2020, but before
  September 1, 2023; and
                           (ii)  that:
                                 (a)  utilizes natural gas to create
  methanol; and
                                 (b)  converts methanol to zero-sulfur
  transportation fuels.
         SECTION 2.  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(1-a)(A) [382.003];
               (2)  new technology projects that reduce emissions of
  regulated pollutants from stationary sources;
               (3)  new technology projects that reduce emissions from
  upstream and midstream oil and gas production, completions,
  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; and
               (4)  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3837 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 6, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3837 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 122, Nays 18,
  3 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3837 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays
  5.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor