SB 24-150

Senate Bill 24-150 in Colorado addresses the processing of municipal solid waste. It offers existing waste combustion facilities financial incentives if they upgrade their technology by a certain deadline, but it also restricts future incentives for those that burn plastic after January 1, 2025. Additionally, the bill clarifies that synthetic gas from waste and methane from pyrolysis do not qualify as renewable energy resources under state standards. However, the governor vetoed this bill on May 17, 2024, which means it did not become law despite being signed and assigned to a committee earlier in the process.

Official Summary

Units that combust municipal solid waste (combustion units) that are in existence in the state on or before July 1, 2024, are eligible, pursuant to section 2 of the act, for a state incentive to conduct technological upgrades. Section 2 clarifies that, on and after January 1, 2025, combustion and combustion units do not meet certain environmental standards established by state law or rules. In addition, section 2 prohibits combustion units that target plastic as a feedstock from eligibility for any state incentives not granted or awarded, or that apply to income tax years, before January 1, 2025, with certain exceptions. Sections 3 and 4 clarify that a solid waste-to-energy incineration system includes pyrolysis and gasification processes. Section 5 changes current law to specify that synthetic gas produced by the pyrolysis of waste materials is not an eligible energy resource for the purpose of certain state-level renewable energy standards. Section 6 changes current law to specify that methane derived from the pyrolysis of municipal solid waste is not recovered methane that is a clean heat resource for the purpose of clean heat plans. VETOED by Governor May 17, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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