Alex Krowka United States Energy Association

1. Resources for CCUS Project
Stakeholders
October 19, 2022
Alex Krowka
Consultant
USEA

2. United States Energy Association
 Nonprofit, apolitical,
nonlobbying organization
founded in 1924.
 Serve as a resource, by
convening energy stakeholders
to share policy, scientific, and
technological information to
foster the advancement of the
entire energy sector.
 Implement projects worldwide,
including building regulatory
frameworks and sharing best
practices to develop cleaner,
more accessible, and efficient
energy.
 USAID, State, and DOE

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5. Resources for CCUS
Stakeholders

6. Regulatory & Policy
(2020-2021)
Technical (2021-2022)
Access to Capital and
Funding (2020-2022)

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• 45Q
• Section 43 EOR Credit
• Low Carbon Fuel Standard
• Up to $200/ton
• USDOE Loan Guarantee
Program
• USDA Rural Utilities
Service Financing Support
• At least 15 states with
meaningful CCUS
incentives

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• Accelerated Depreciation
• Ad Valorem Tax Exemption
• Carbon Farming Tax Credit
• EOR Credits
• Franchise Tax Credit
• Income Tax Credit (Corporate and/or
Personal)
• Property Tax Exemption
• Sales and Use Tax Exemption
• Severance Tax Credit
• Reduced Property Tax

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Legal and
Regulatory
Concerns of
CCUS
Mineral Estate Dominance
Multiple Mineral Conflicts
Pore Space Ownership
Subsurface Trespass
Local Regulation of O&G Development
CO2 Storage Regulatory Frameworks
Induced Seismicity Regulation
Eminent Domain
Water (Surface, Ground, Produced, Acquisition)

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CCUS
Technical and
Policy Issues
CO2 Geologic Storage Potential and Pipelines
CO2 as a Commodity/Pollutant
Pipeline Regulations
CO2 Storage Acts
Oil and Gas Regulations
Class II Injection Regulations
Environmental Rules
Water Rights
Eminent Domain
Mineral Rights
Pore Space Ownership

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Summary Tables from UW/WVU and Cadmus Studies

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• Developing CCS Projects in Texas, Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, Colorado
and Wyoming
• States need legal and regulatory best practices to drive projects
• Concerns over Class VI permits can be an impediment to project
planning
• Pipelines will be necessary to drive some CCUS plans

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Environmental
Justice and
Tribal
Sovereignty
2021 Highlights
• State of Affairs for Carbon-based Tribes
• National Energy Policy Transition: Tribal Perspective
• Resources and Technology Available to Tribal Energy
Development
• Tribal Opportunities in the New Energy Market – Blue and
Green Hydrogen in Indian Country
• Successful Tribal Energy Projects
• Access to Capital for Tribal Energy Projects

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Environmental
Justice and
Tribal
Sovereignty
2022 Highlights
• Webinar Series Introduction And Regulatory &
Compliance Landscape
• Tribal Water-Energy Nexus
• CO2 Sequestration And Carbon Capture On Reservations
• Tribal Hydrogen Hub
• Helium And Other Rare Earth Elements On Indian Lands
• Tribal Environmental, Social And Governance (ESG)

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IEMF Questions and Suggestions
• How can private industry and government work with tribes across the
nation?
• How to balance carbon reduction/management with fossil-based
tribal energy economies
• Need for a national tribal energy consortium like the former CERT
(Council of Energy Resource Tribes)
• More Native-owned businesses on government contracts
• Needs for increased funding outside of loan guarantee programs
• Need for more site-visits of reservations
• The potential for exporting tribal energy resources abroad

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26. Technical Topics

34. Purpose and Motivation
 CDR is necessary to limit warming
 LCA is well-suited to evaluate CDR
 ISO standards exist (14040/14044), but
lack specificity
 Audiences: developers, federal funding
awardees, policymakers and regulators,
entities interested in evaluating CDR
procurement, and potential host
communities
 Not exclusive to current leading solvent
and sorbent tech

35. Life Cycle Assessment of Carbon Dioxide
Removal Methods Summary Report

39. Funding the Next
Generation of CCUS
Projects

40. Appalachian Access to Capital Forum
(March 2020)

41. Case Studies included:
 Fossil to Biomass (CCUS potential)
 Fossil to Data Center (CCUS potential)
 The Interagency Working Group created the centralized clearinghouse below
that features billions of dollars in existing federal funding sources.
 https://energycommunities.gov/funding-opportunities/

42. Workshops included:
 Virtual (4/7)
 NEPA review at 2:12:00
 Doing Business w/ Fed Govt. at 2:23:00
 Project Management at 2:38:00
 Columbus, OH (4/13)
 New Orleans, LA (4/19)
 Salt Lake City, UT (4/26)

43. Regional Carbon Conversion/Utilization
Procurement Grant Workshops
Workshops held in:
 Knoxville, TN (8/30)
 Emeryville, CA (9/13)
 New York, NY (9/27)
 Minneapolis, MN (10/18)

44. Let USEA be a
Resource
Contact:
Alex Krowka
akrowka@usea.org
206-992-4986