TX SB1824

Requires lease agreements for battery energy storage facilities to include provisions making the grantee responsible for complete removal of all equipment, including storage resources, transformers, substations, foundations (to at least 3 feet below surface), buried cables, and overhead power lines upon decommissioning

Mandates grantees collect, reuse, or recycle all practicable components of decommissioned facilities, with hazardous materials disposed at authorized facilities and non-hazardous materials at appropriate landfills

At landowner request, grantees must remove roads constructed on the property and restore land to tillable condition, including removing large rocks, filling holes with matching soil types, and reseeding pastureland with native grasses

Requires grantees to obtain financial assurance (parent company guaranty, letter of credit, bond, or similar instrument) covering estimated removal, recycling, disposal, and restoration costs minus salvage value, delivered by the 15th anniversary of commercial operations or agreement termination

Financial assurance amounts must be determined by an independent Texas-licensed professional engineer, with initial estimates due by year 10 of operations and updates every 5 years thereafter; applies only to agreements entered into on or after September 1, 2025