Legislative Materials

• Bingaman EIA Clean Energy Standard Report 
• Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee White Paper on a Clean Energy Standard
• Bingaman Department of Energy CCS Program Amendments Act of 2011 - S. 699 
• Barrasso CCS Capture from Dilute Sources Bill - S. 757 
• Brown Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2011 - S. 591

Congressional Enactments of Note:

• 2009 Stimulus Package (ARRA)
  • $3.4 billion for clean coal, including
    • $1 billion for fossil R&D
    • $800 million for CCPI Round III
    • $1.52 billion for industrial scale CCS projects and energy efficiency projects
    • $50 million for site characterization of geologic formations
  • Advanced Energy Investment Tax Credit - 30% credit for manufacture of clean energy equipment, including CCS equipment
• 2008 Stimulus Package
  • 10% tax credit for sequestering CO2 for EOR
  • 20% tax credit for sequestering CO2 for permanent storage (non-EOR)
• CCS in EISA of 2007
  • Authorized $1.2 billion (2008-2012) for field testing 7 large (greater than 1 megaton/year) CCS projects
  • Authorized $1 billion for projects demonstrating a variety of CCS technologies (purification, injection, transport, compression, measurement, monitoring, etc.) from 2009-2013
  • DOI required to produce framework for CCS on public lands within 1 year
  • DOI/USGS to prepare national assessment of CO2 sequestration capacity within 1 year
  • Authorized EPA research to address public health, safety and environmental impacts of CCS in geologic reservoirs
  • Subjects all CCS activities authorized in the bill to the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act
• CCS in EPACT 2005
  • $90 million over 3 years for CCS research/activities