Senate Bill 24-150 Summary

• Prohibits combustion units that process municipal solid waste from receiving any state-level incentives, grants, loans, tax credits, or subsidies effective January 1, 2025.

• Requires pyrolysis and gasification processes to be regulated at state and local levels as solid waste-to-energy incineration systems.

• Exempts specific operations from the combustion ban including source-separated organic materials, anaerobic digestion, crematory incinerators, wildfire mitigation equipment, sustainable aviation fuel production, and waste tire cleanup programs.

• Eliminates combustion as a qualifying technology for renewable energy standards, low carbon fuel standards, renewable fuel standards, and any similar state energy programs beginning January 1, 2025.

• Allows existing combustion units operating before July 1, 2024, to remain eligible for state incentives specifically for technological upgrades that improve worker health, promote workforce development, and reduce operational impacts.