Institutes fossil fueled generating plant emissions performance standard of 1,100 lbs CO2/MWh that may be met in part through carbon capture and storage, including geologic sequestration.
Provides framework for utility applications to build gasification combined cycle plants with carbon capture capabilities and allows waiver of commission’s “rules requiring competitive resource acquisition” upon proper utility demonstration.
In 2006, provided $50,000 grant to the Colorado School of Mines to research “geologic carbon sequestration as technique for mitigating the emissions of greenhouse gases in the state.”
Enacts the Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act to encourage carbon sequestration in Oklahoma, including via CCS and soil carbon, and establishes the Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee.