Carbon dioxide capture and storage—liability for non-permanence under the UNFCCC
This paper analyzes how CCS could be integrated into the UNFCCC climate regime and proposes solutions guaranteeing liability for possible non-permanence of CCS.
Carbon Capture and Storage: legal issues
This opinion piece argues that CCS regulatory frameworks need to be consistent with international law where transboundary impacts are possible, transboundary transportation is involved, or offshore storage activities are contemplated.
Acceptability of CO2 capture and storage: A review of legal, regulatory, economic and social aspects of CO2 capture and storage
This report provides a critical literature review of the legal and regulatory issues of CCS in the European Union, including how CCS fits within the international legal framework and what policy incentives can be used to increase CCS deployment.
Colo. Rev.Stat. § 40-2-123
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.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1303
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.”
N.Y. Gen. Mun. L. § 959-b
Qualifies clean coal plants using CCS as “clean energy enterprises” eligible for state incentives.
Carbon dioxide capture and storage: Public perception, policy and regulatory issues in the Netherlands
This chapter focuses on a public perception study that analyzes the acceptance, policy, and regulatory issues related to CCS in the Netherlands.
26 USC §48A
The Qualifying Advanced Coal Project Credit includes investment tax credits aimed at reducing emissions by incentivizing efficiency upgrades at coal-fired power plants.
26 USC §48B
This law provides tax credit of 20-30% for investment in qualifying gasification projects for electricity generation or industrial applications that capture and sequester at least 75% of their carbon dioxide emissions.
Developing a set of regulatory analogs for carbon sequestration
This paper seeks to better understand the drivers of a future CCS regulatory system and evaluates the historical evolution of comparable regulatory regimes through the lens of public goods problems.