Pathway 7.

Carbon Capture and Negative Emissions → Carbon Capture and Sequestration

7.1.12 Expanding CO2 Pipelines

LPDD Recommendation: “The federal government should develop a federal siting and permitting scheme for interstate CO2 pipelines under the jurisdiction of FERC, but provide interstate pipeline developers an opt-out option by which they would instead undergo a multistate or regional process.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress could create an investment tax credit for CO2 pipelines.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress could direct DOE to analyze whether existing oil and natural gas pipelines could be repurposed to transport captured CO2.”

LPDD Recommendation: “DOE could finance CO2 pipeline expansion.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States and/or regions could form and fund agencies akin to public utilities to conduct siting analyses, acquire property access rights, and otherwise coordinate and facilitate expansion of the CO2 pipeline network.”

19 Resources Found, Displaying 11 thru 19

Report, Designing an Effective Regulatory Structure for CO2 Pipelines

Jurisdiction: Congress

Provides an overview of the federal pipeline regulatory structure, examines the authority of the federal agencies responsible for pipeline regulation and recommends certain changes to the regulatory structure.

Report, An Engineering-Economic Model of Pipeline Transport of CO2 with Application to Carbon Capture and Storage

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

Estimates total cost and the cost per ton of transporting varying amounts of CO2 over a range of distances for different regions of the continental United States.

Report, Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Regulation

Jurisdiction: Congress

Suggests a federal regulatory framework to better support construction of the new CO2 pipeline infrastructure necessary for widespread deployment of CCS.

Report, From EOR to CCS

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Discusses state regulatory frameworks for carbon dioxide pipelines as currently exists to support the EOR industry.

Report, Technical and Economic Characteristic of a CO2 Transmission Pipeline Infrastructure

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

Identifies the technical elements that comprise a CO2 pipeline network, provides an overview of equipment selection and design, and identifies the costs of designing and constructing a CO2 transmission pipeline infrastructure.

Congressional Research Service Report, CO2 Pipelines for Carbon Sequestration

Jurisdiction: Congress

Surveyed potential future CCS scenarios associated with decarbonizing the electric sector and determined that a dedicated interstate pipeline network would be required.

Report, A Policy, Legal, and Regulatory Evaluation of the Feasibility of a National Pipeline Infrastructure for the Transport and Storage of Carbon Dioxide

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Private Entities

The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission’s 2010 report surveys possible future regulatory scenarios for carbon dioxide pipelines.

C2ES Rules for Carbon Transport and Storage Database

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions maintains a map-based database cataloging state level rules on carbon transport and storage.

Model Legislation: The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Regulatory Act of 2010

Jurisdiction: Congress

Addresses siting and construction of CO2 pipelines, adaptive approaches to sequestration, a CCS technical advisory committee, sequestration permitting, and more.