Identifies procedures for the Illinois Commerce Commission to authorize the construction of carbon dioxide pipelines, including through the exercise of eminent domain authority to acquire easements in property.
Authorizes the exercise of eminent domain authority for carbon dioxide pipelines which have received construction certificates from the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Siting.
Carbon dioxide pipeline project sponsors have eminent domain authority.
Authorizes owners and operators of CO2 pipelines to have common carrier status if they consent in writing to being subject to the common carrier requirements.
Authorized parties injecting CO2 for geologic storage projects approved by the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation to expropriate surface rights and other property interests to build CO2 pipelines where a price cannot be agreed upon.
Ranging from 925 pounds of CO2/MWh gross electrical output for new and modified existing sources, to 1800 pounds of CO2/MWh gross electrical output for non-modified existing sources.
States that base load gas plants may not exceed 0.70 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt hour of net electric power output.
Disallows commission from approving acquisition of coal facility unless it captures and stores at least 50% of its carbon dioxide emissions.
Effectively requires the use of CCS at new coal plants by capping emissions at NGCC levels, while exempting captured and sequestered carbon dioxide.
Provides that 20% of Utah’s adjusted electricity sales should be from qualifying electricity or renewable energy certificates by 2025, including “qualifying carbon sequestration generation.”