Oklahoma § 17-801.9 - Hydrogen fuel production standard – Annual report

§ 17-801.9. Hydrogen fuel production standard – Annual report

A. The State of Oklahoma shall set a hydrogen fuel production

standard that will serve as an annual goal to be reached each year

through 2028 to increase the production of hydrogen fuel in the

state. Such hydrogen fuel production standard shall be to produce

Two Million Metric Tons (2 MMT) of hydrogen fuel using a low or zero

carbon source of energy annually by 2028.

B. Every qualified hydrogen fuel production facility that

produces hydrogen fuel in this state shall report to the Corporation

Commission by March 1 each year the amount of hydrogen fuel produced

in the preceding calendar year and the low or zero carbon source of

energy used to produce the hydrogen fuel. The Commission shall

begin collecting the reports no later than March 1, 2024, and shall

report annually to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the

Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor the annual

hydrogen fuel production amount produced by qualified hydrogen

production facilities for the preceding calendar year, gathered from

reports submitted pursuant to this subsection, no later than May 1

of the first year of collection and each year thereafter. The

Commission shall promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of

this subsection.

C. For purposes of this section, qualifying hydrogen fuel

production shall include:

1. Hydrogen fuel produced from low carbon sources such as

natural gas;

2. Hydrogen fuel produced from zero carbon sources such as:

a.

wind,

b.

photovoltaic,

c.

hydropower,

d.

geothermal, and

e.

biomass, which projects may include agricultural

crops, wastes, and residues, wood, animal, and other

degradable organic wastes, municipal solid waste, and

landfill gas; and

3. Other low or zero carbon sources approved by the Commission.

Added by Laws 2022, c. 403, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.