CDR Law

Filter by Resource Type:
Filter by Publication Year:
Sort:
Current Filters:

Policy Option Paper — Closing the Liability Gap

2008
Think Tank Report
Mary Griffiths
This report proposes that long-term CCS liability should focus on the liability for leaks to any area outside the designated storage zone after the abandonment of the injection well.

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.