This law places “carbon capture, storage, or sequestration” in the definition of “green economy” and provides for actions to promote job training in support of a green economy.
Authorizes Department of Environmental Protection to compose report on economic opportunities available to the state due to need for alternative energy, including “carbon sequestration technologies.”
The Municipal Electric Utility Carbon Emission Reduction Act requires that a certain portion of electricity supplied by municipal utilities be renewably sourced, with an allowed reduction for fossil-fuel generation that captures and sequesters CO2.
Requires that a certain portion of electricity supplied by utilities be low or no-emission electricity to the extent it is cost effective, including via carbon capture and storage.
Requires permits for geologic CO2 sequestration and creates special revenue account for deposit of permitting fees and directs the Department of Environmental Quality to develop rules for operational standards, monitoring, and maintenance of wells.
Kansas’ HB 2419 provides for income tax reductions and abatement of property taxes applicable to the power plant and the sequestration site for a generation project that sequesters CO2.