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Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 (No. 61).

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Victoria, Australia
This act aims to facilitate and regulate the injection of GHGs into underground geological formations for the purpose of permanent storage, including to facilitate and regulate the exploration for suitable underground geological storage formations.

Fla. Stat. § 366.8255

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Florida
Allows inclusion of “costs or expenses prudently incurred for scientific research and geological assessments of carbon capture and storage” in utilities’ environmental compliance costs which may be recovered from ratepayers.

Fla. Stat. § 366.91

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Florida
Requires utilities to offer to purchase renewable energy and includes “electrical energy produced using pipeline-quality synthetic gas produced from waste petroleum coke with carbon capture and sequestration” in definition of “renewable energy."

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 30:209

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Louisiana
Authorizes the State Mineral and Energy Board, among other powers, to “enter into operating agreements whereby the state receives a share of revenues from the storage of oil, natural gas, liquid or liquefied hydrocarbons, or carbon dioxide.”

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 38. § 585-K

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Maine
Subsection 4 provides that carbon dioxide that has been “captured and used for a commercial purpose” or “permanently disposed of in geological formations” shall not be counted as emissions for the purpose of the code.

Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 23J § 1

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Massachusetts
Carbon capture and sequestration is included in the definition of “clean energy research” that may be supported by Massachusetts Alternative and Clean Energy Investment Trust Fund.

Minn. Stat. Ann. § 116J.437

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Minnesota
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.

Mont. Admin. R. 38.5.8228(2)(f)

2008
Regulation
State of Montana
This is the implementing regulation for Mont. Code Ann. § 69-8-421 requiring coal-fired plants to demonstrate 50% CCS in application to Commission.

Mont. Admin. r. 17.80.201 et seq.

2008
Regulation
State of Montana
Regulation that provides procedures for qualifying property as CCS equipment and pipelines for property tax rates incentivizing geologic CO2 sequestration.

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 125-O:22

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of New Hampshire
Allows electricity distribution companies to recover cost of CCS technologies through service charges.