SB 451 — Directs the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Growth and Infrastructure to conduct a study concerning certain subjects related to hydrogen. (BDR S-32)

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451–SENATORSHammond, SPEARMANHansen ;and Stone CHAPTER..........

HAMMOND , HANSEN AND S TONE A PRIL17, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure SUMMARY—Directs the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Growth and Infrastructure to conduct a study concerning certain subjects related to hydrogen.

(BDR S-32) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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(NRS 218E.815) This bill directs the Committee to conduct hydrogen;a study during the 2023-2024 interim concerning:

(2)(1) the useproduction ofand storedstorage hydrogen as a potential energy resource in this of State;

and (2) an assessment of the feasibility of using Committeehydrogen toas submitan aenergy reportresource ofin thethis resultsState. of the study and any recommendations for legislation to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the 83rd Session of the Nevada Legislature.

Finally, this bill requires the Committee to submit a report of the results of the study and any recommendations the 83rd Session of the Nevada Legislature.slative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

254 of the 2019 Session of the Nevada Legislature (Chapter 323, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 1970) established a statewide goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 28 percent below the 2005 level of such emissions by - *SB451_R1* – 2 – 2025, to 45 percent below the 2005 level of such emissions by 2030 and to zero or near-zero by 2050;

and W HEREAS , The emergence of end-use applications for energy produced from clean hydrogen, including, without limitation, in - 82nd Session (2023) – 2 – transportation, seasonal energy storage and the global energy trade, provide an opportunity for this State to meet its targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions while at the same time enhancing economic development, job creation and the collection of taxtaxWreHEREASi, revenueEncouraging the expansion of the use of clean hydrogen will decrease the emission of greenhouse gases in this State;State, which will have the effect of improving the health of Nevadans through the improvement of air quality, especially for economically disadvantaged Nevadans and communities of color;

and W HEREAS , Encouraging the expansion of the use of clean hydrogen will decrease the emission of greenhouse gases in this State, which will have the effect of improving the health of Nevadans through the improvement of air quality, especially for economically disadvantaged Nevadans and communities of color;

In conducting the study, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Growth and Infrastructure shall consult with and solicitsol(a) inputThe from:Nevada System of Higher Education;

(a) The Nevada System of Higher Education;

- *SB451_R1* – 3 – (f) Utilities that provide gas and electric services;

- 82nd Session (2023) – 3 – (1) The potential for hydrogen and stored hydrogen to enable the operation of zero-emission light- and medium-duty vehicles, trucks, buses, locomotives, off-road equipment, aircraft, industrial equipment and watercraft;

(2)treatment Thefacilities potential for usingthe wastewaterproduction andof wastewaterhydrogen;stewater treatment(3) facilitiesMethods for incentivizing the productionuse of hydrogen;hydrogen and stored hydrogen as energy resources in this State;

(3) Methods for incentivizing the use of hydrogen and stored hydrogen as energy resources in this State;

and (9) The long-term impact of various methods of hydrogen production on the air, water and other natural resources of this State and the potential for hydrogen to assist with efforts to decarbonize thisthi4. State.

4.To complete the study, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Growth and Infrastructure may enter into a contract or other agreement with the University of Nevada, Reno, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, or the Desert Research Institute to:

To complete the study, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Growth and Infrastructure may enter into a contract or other agreement with the University of Nevada, Reno, the - *SB451_R1* – 4 – University of Nevada, Las Vegas, or the Desert Research Institute to:

and resource.oduce(b) Produce a cost-benefit analysis of hydrogen as an energy 5.resource.

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