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Amanda McClinton (assistant secretary, Office of Energy, LDNR) and Matthew Rionis (task force staff) said the draft report organizes recommendations in three buckets: leadership, economic development and regulatory alignment. The nine recommendations include establishing a coordinating committee or continuing body to carry the task force’s work forward, appointing dedicated staff or a focal point for state liaison, maintaining active engagement with Louisiana’s federal delegation on 45V/45Q and related rules, and developing a Louisiana hydrogen economy action plan that would be embedded in the recently published state strategic plan rather than duplicating it.

Economic development recommendations propose a phased, prioritized approach: designate hydrogen hubs or clusters, accelerate necessary transport and storage infrastructure, encourage demand‑side measures, and evaluate targeted incentives. DNR staff also put forward creation of an innovation fund to support pilots and demonstrations (staff accepted a suggestion from Louisiana Economic Development to leverage the state’s existing Louisiana Growth Fund rather than create duplicative instruments) and urged strengthened workforce training programs to prepare local labor.

On regulatory alignment, DNR recommends adoption of commonly accepted, federally consistent definitions for “clean hydrogen” and lifecycle accounting, and it asked for expanded regulatory capacity to speed timely review of sequestration and hydrogen‑related permits. The staff reviewed an anticipated schedule: a public posting and comment period for the draft recommendations, a mid‑September draft report for task force review, an October meeting with additional comment, and a final report and vote expected in November (staff said they will notify members of any timeline changes).

Ending: DNR staff said they will circulate the draft recommendations for public comment and incorporate task‑force feedback; members suggested the coordinating body be housed under the state natural resources commission and recommended that economic development actions be framed as a Louisiana hydrogen economy action plan embedded in the state strategic plan.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Clean Hydrogen T.F. Aug 25, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","DNR staff presented draft recommendations to the Clean Hydrogen Task Force on Aug. 25 to continue state leadership on hydrogen, prioritize targeted economic development measures and align state regulatory language with federal standards.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature LA, Louisiana","taxId",78558,"location","Louisiana","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6135885,"WSP briefed task force on Class VI permitting, storage capacity and CO2 pipeline safety risks",1237,6241000,7478000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5670536-dda4e1ef1b4e12ccf81316fe7ac5fe8d&start=6241&end=7478","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5670536-dda4e1ef1b4e12ccf81316fe7ac5fe8d/thumbnail_6241000.jpg","/articles/6135885/Louisiana/WSP-briefed-task-force-on-Class-VI-permitting-storage-capacity-and-CO2-pipeline-safety-risks","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6135885-5d2106afbdf4536ac127067497189d6e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770634653&Signature=PKum~tOCgiRWKlzaXD-ldf8LYvHNPje-Zwvp~C84uvuyi7B60T5c2y6hKG89Lb6rbggGa3XnwYDilRveOwVLd17kmroCa~BfOvGoU-OW9JQGwWTiVB7bFrOUqmUuhGMss09Q3XvwY9BH1jpsJO2u7SUdFjZWGS~Yr2bxwgP0w4WBUyuNvF1Ac8X29yqKE5c4UAUx1-ZuUn2wtXWfTy1HDLyx3kromaAV~8XneBRKa9pCAUlOszGAWSJP3MUVuVNqI3R2F~PlLDgC56xaQL~8PGediyGRg1xakTR48ao9ksy8l6jxrYlQhewmSPA4DE1pWtNHld4anVTtarKfs2cb1Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","BATON ROUGE, La. — WSP geologist Don Yazerski (presentation name variants in the record) told the Clean Hydrogen Task Force on Aug. 25 that Louisiana has large underground pore‑space and salt‑cavern capacity but that Class VI sequestration permitting and CO2 pipeline deployment require sustained technical oversight and monitoring.

Yazerski said Louisiana’s sedimentary basins and salt domes provide significant usable storage and that the state already hosts thousands of injection wells of various classes (WSP cited approximately 3,400 existing injection wells statewide, mostly Class II). He explained that Class VI permits — the EPA’s regulatory category for dedicated, long‑term CO2 sequestration — require a substantial geologic record, a technical permit application and ongoing monitoring. Preparing a permit application typically takes six to 18 months, and federal technical review timelines have been lengthy; WSP said primacy (state authority) for Class VI programs can speed timelines when states are prepared to manage the program.

WSP described the engineering and monitoring obligations for long‑term injection: construction of corrosion‑resistant casing and cement in injection wells, repeated subsurface surveillance (seismic surveys, pressure and saturation monitoring) and remediation of any artificial penetrations such as legacy wellbores. The firm emphasized that monitoring wells themselves can introduce risk if they are improperly constructed or corroded — citing a monitoring‑well‑related finding during a Decatur, Ill., project review — and that operators and regulators are changing practice to reduce that risk.

On transport and safety, WSP reviewed lessons from prior incidents involving CO2 pipelines, citing a 2020 landslide‑induced break along a Denbury CO2 line that hospitalized people and a later mechanical incident that prompted shelter‑in‑place orders. Yazerski noted CO2 can displace breathable air when concentrated and called for robust siting, pipeline integrity, and emergency response planning as pipeline miles increase to support sequestration and EOR operations.

Ending: WSP recommended careful up‑front geologic work, robust permitting, monitoring and community planning as Louisiana scales sequestration and CO2 transport; the firm referred task members to additional technical staff for follow‑up questions.","WSP presented technical background on carbon capture, transport and underground sequestration, emphasizing Louisiana’s storage capacity and Class VI permitting requirements, monitoring obligations, and pipeline safety history that task force members should consider as projects scale.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6135890,"Lake Charles Methanol outlines $9.5 billion blue methanol project, targets low carbon intensity and exports",1731,3028000,4759000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5670536-dda4e1ef1b4e12ccf81316fe7ac5fe8d&start=3028&end=4759","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5670536-dda4e1ef1b4e12ccf81316fe7ac5fe8d/thumbnail_3028000.jpg","/articles/6135890/Louisiana/Lake-Charles-Methanol-outlines-95-billion-blue-methanol-project-targets-low-carbon-intensity-and-exports","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6135890-b2ac673d628497424aa4f2d969f90d9f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770634653&Signature=GIeGXU5LG0jCu4EvhWcSgLW0EOldI0kMoP8hDeTggbffmc9L9cBS527cNfBNuIMr8mh0cL8f-o1l8SL85y0xBqz8VvHh-9xdJVTaxXURysRG9iofJOsrc6BpPwCtJOfJx1lxAQwoIXkX5zma-yHoDstTuJbJo1DXAWNngWivKmWVumna~zLLyXOBe4vWi7pdFyv6GLn9eIEFMMyJNPAE4ggsYPxRzmcWk0NBYhlwWCp0kHg~HhnekHl79gPAPBl4DBF69Ukio-UkNEOquW8seR5yGltCXvGWZ-umaNyD8BCb10fkASC1k7nXP5qPu6LySDXydV7pXgRlJ8D6DiDTtQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","BATON ROUGE, La. — Representatives of Lake Charles Methanol described a planned roughly $9.5 billion investment in a two‑train methanol plant at the Port of Lake Charles during the Clean Hydrogen Task Force’s Aug. 25 meeting, saying the project is structured to meet low carbon‑intensity thresholds under federal tax rules.

Hunter Johnston, a tax attorney who presented on behalf of the developer, said the project is designed as two world‑scale trains of about 1.8 million tons of methanol per year each (3.6 million tons total). He said the facility will produce a syngas stream with an approximate hydrogen output of 600,000,000 kilograms per year and that the project expects to capture and sequester “just over a million tons” of CO2 annually. Johnston said the design anticipates an investment decision next year and targeted construction start in the second quarter following final investment.

Johnston and Doug Catharow (project commercial lead) described the site footprint: a 75‑acre principal plant area with an additional logistics and storage parcel nearby and on‑site marine access for barges and vessels. The presenters said the project has long‑term natural‑gas supply agreements (Haynesville production emphasized for favorable upstream carbon intensity), methanol offtake contracts with two large international buyers (confidential while finance is completed) and a CO2 sequestration agreement with ExxonMobil.

The team described technology choices: an autothermal reformer (ATR) pathway that yields a roughly 2:1 H2:CO ratio well suited for downstream methanol synthesis, integrated air separation to supply oxygen, large steam turbine generation that will provide most onsite power (around 200 MW of onsite generation, with some expected grid imports), and carbon‑capture technology sized for the plant’s CO2 stream.

On tax‑credit treatment, the presenters said Lake Charles Methanol would pursue hydrogen credits under 45V where hydrogen is used “for sale or use” in chemical production and could also make use of provisional‑emissions‑rate (PER) calculations where GREET does not yet reflect project‑specific recycling of carbon into product. “You can get a PER … it is an actual calculation of the rate which you can then append to your tax return when you begin production,” Hunter Johnston said.

The developers also emphasized feedstock flexibility: they discussed RNG blending as a path to lower carbon intensity and estimated that a 10% RNG share could support dozens of RNG facilities supplying the project. They said the project’s economics have been built on traditional methanol market pricing for financing purposes and that potential future premiums for low‑carbon methanol remain uncertain but may grow — shipping fuels and IMO policies are already creating differentiated demand.

Ending: The developers said permits are in place, key commercial agreements have been negotiated, and the project is working toward a final financing package; they asked state and federal partners to continue coordination on GREET updates, RNG pathways, and suitable long‑term power contracts.","Lake Charles Methanol told the Clean Hydrogen Task Force it plans two world‑scale methanol trains in Lake Charles that together would produce about 3.6 million tons/year of methanol, capture CO2 for sequestration, and produce large volumes of hydrogen suitable for 45V credits or other pathways.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6135893,"Sen. Cassidy aide says 45V extension preserves billions in Louisiana hydrogen plans; industry urges GREET updates",602,551000,1153000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5670536-dda4e1ef1b4e12ccf81316fe7ac5fe8d&start=551&end=1153","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5670536-dda4e1ef1b4e12ccf81316fe7ac5fe8d/thumbnail_551000.jpg","/articles/6135893/Louisiana/Sen-Cassidy-aide-says-45V-extension-preserves-billions-in-Louisiana-hydrogen-plans-industry-urges-GREET-updates","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6135893-6becc0e87bef24c0a50d7257c77ab3c1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770634653&Signature=euRnJ7Lkegq2qQCWCZFORXGl36T1SJYNpdjqTfkLLhdJeaJDNz7D8LJugDL3bPCShJwbZIEKqeXgSZWnT2jMon~ijCfEj1adFYN6Y1uWXRKEcApHBth~scuNCYVotZ5MvaeOKr0pesrO8Uf6v8UnmiN35JGrOFq86pQrBsBGduOz85fO7uLZSC8y6-LtZc2FPiNKjIe1OE5NPwS3NN8~KNQY-xZw9HnFSdaMtuOf-FXItHvJFwKPCCfMgl3BxmpF3deIBE7trHQd7AAbCYGY98PkiEtdz8HH9bk3w20DM~L2yluHd7NhzHD-bSb8-LI31g~ckzA0gztZdZpKqjn7aw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","BATON ROUGE, La. — Jake Parker, a trade and tax policy adviser in U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s office, told the Clean Hydrogen Task Force on Aug. 25 that congressional action extended the federal 45V hydrogen tax‑credit commenced‑construction deadline and that industry is urging technical changes to the DOE GREET model so the credit is more usable in Louisiana.

Parker said the current commenced‑construction deadline for projects to qualify is Dec. 31, 2027, and explained two commonly used methods to show construction has begun: a 5 percent “safe harbor” investment test and a physical work test under IRS guidance. “If 5 percent of the overall project cost has been invested by the date of that begin construction, then that will qualify,” Parker said.

The extension matters because, Parker said, roughly $43 billion in announced and nonannounced hydrogen‑related investment is expected to move forward in Louisiana with a more usable 45V. He summarized four technical changes industry wants DOE to address in the GREET lifecycle model rather than asking Treasury to reopen rulemaking, which he said would inject uncertainty late in the compliance window:

- Allowing blended renewable natural gas (RNG) with fossil gas within a single process pathway so blended methane can count toward lower carbon intensity;
- Relaxing narrow geographic deliverability limits so energy attribute certificates (EACs) from interconnected regions that can physically deliver electricity (for example, parts of the Midwest connected into the Delta transmission footprint) can be used in temporal accounting;
- Adding hour‑by‑hour (hourly) accounting of greenhouse‑gas emissions and electricity supply mix for electrolytic hydrogen so developers can model compliance under hourly temporal matching rules; and
- Lifting or revising GREET restrictions on coproduct steam export when amine carbon‑capture systems are used, and instead applying a proportional limit tied to lower‑heating‑value output (industry proposed a 17.6% LHV cap with required plant steam subtracted prior to export).

Parker said DOE has shown willingness to update GREET and that industry prefers model updates now to provide certainty for project bankability over the next two‑plus years instead of reopening Treasury rulemaking. “Revisiting rulemaking at this very sensitive time … would be counterproductive,” he said.

Task force members and industry advisers who asked questions — including state task members and technical advisers — raised related issues about how GREET changes would be applied, whether projects may be able to switch calculations later, and how 45V compares to other tax incentives such as Section 45Q for carbon sequestration. In response, Parker said projects are performing internal analyses of 45V versus 45Q and that GREET updates could materially change the calculus for projects that rely on electrolytic or blended feedstocks.

No formal actions or votes were taken on federal policy at the hearing; Parker offered to continue coordination with the task force and DOE on the specific GREET model changes industry outlined.

Ending: The task force will receive additional technical presentations from industry and follow up on GREET and 45V implementation details as federal and DOE engagement continues.","At the Aug. 25 Clean Hydrogen Task Force hearing, Jake Parker of Sen. Bill Cassidy’s office described a two‑year extension to the federal 45V hydrogen commenced‑construction deadline and summarized industry requests to the Department of Energy to update the GREET model to make the tax credit more usable for Louisiana projects.","actionData","errors"]

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