Clean Hydrogen Task Force  -- HCR-64, RS 2024

Louisiana is taking a lead position on expanding its energy industry.  While being blessed with low wholesale energy prices, many of our large high-temperature industrial manufacturers (like our river-parish refineries) require a larger fraction of there energy to be of a lower-carbon footprint ...or being supplied lower-carbon feedstock materials... this requirement is so that their end-products can better compete on the global market.  Louisiana (and its rich energy-producing history) is positioned with its natural resources and talented workforce to provide them what they need and the free-market is willing to pay for it.  The mission of the Clean Hydrogen Task Force is to study this entire landscape and make the recommendations to the legislature, governor, and our federal delegation to assure our state's primacy postition in this growing energy market is maintained.

Task Force Meetings (Agenda & Presentations)

Since the very first Clean Hydrogen Task Force meeting, I have been asked to make information, like the presentations shown, available to attendees and newcomers alike.  The below is an attempt to keep all information related to the task force (including subscribing/unsubscribing to the related distribution list) in one easily available and updateable place.

CHTF Meeting #1: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 -- Capitol HCRm#6 - Agenda

Zappi Title PageDr. Mark Zappi, University of Louisiana Lafayette's (bio) Executive Director of the Energy Institute of Louisiana
Pipe Dream is the title of the comprehensive presentation providing an overview of hydrogen production and Louisiana's place in it.  --Download Presentation - PDF --

Video Archive of Meeting -- A link to the State Legislative Website's Video Archive.

CHTF Meeting #2: Tuesday, october 1, 2024 -- Capitol HCRm#6 - Agenda

sample imageDr Greg Upton, Executive Director & Associate Professor
Research Center for Energy Studies, LSU (bio)
The Potential for Hydrogen in Louisiana the economics of the hydrogen global market and Louisiana's place (and opportunities) in it.
--Download Presentation - PDF --

sample imageCameron Poole (bio) & Leo Arnett (bio), GNO Inc
Presentation on the overview of Louisiana's incentives Programs known as H2Future and LFE (Louisiana Future Energy) program.
--Download Presentation - PPT --

Video Archive of Meeting -- A link to the State Legislative Website's Video Archive.

CHTF Meeting #3: Tuesday December 3, 2024 -- Capitol HCRm#6 - Agenda

sample imageIndustry Presentation: Ascention Clean Energy
Vee Godley (bio), SVP & Chief Development Officer
The ACE Project (Ascention Clean Energy - clean ammonia production)

--Download Presentation - PPT --


Overview of Hydrogen Governance:
Blake Canfield (bio), Louisiana Department of Energy & Natural Resources presents on regulations & statues (state & federal) that pertain to hydrogen as well as those related storage and transportation via pipeline, truck, rail, and maritime.
--Download Presentation - PPT --

Brandon Frey (bio), Exec Secretary, Louisiana Public Service Commission presents on Sleeved Power Purchase Agreements and how certain industry consumers can pay premium price for electricity produced in novel ways like small modular nuclear reactors. Also update on LANCE project.
--Download Presentation - PPT --

Video Archive of Meeting -- A link to the State Legislative Website's Video Archive.

CHTF Meeting #4: Tuesday,February 11, 2025 -- Capitol HCRM#3 - Agenda

sample imageRyan Stiles (bio), Ammonia Production Manager with CF-Industries provides and update on activities currently ongoing at the local Donaldsonville facility.




--Download Presentation - PDF --


sample imageShawn Daray (bio), associate at Jones-Walker provides a presentation on the recent clarification to the IRA's (Inflation Reduction Act) 45Q (Carbon Sequestration) and 45V (Clean Hydrogen Production) tax-credits and how this interplays with Louisiana's unique clean-energy future.


--Download Presentation - PDF --

sample imageClean Hydrogen Task Force -- Interim Report
Presented by DENR's Blake Canfield
& Amanda McClinton, detailing the activites and findings of the task force to date.

--Download Interim Report - PDF --

Video Archive of Meeting -- A link to the State Legislative Website's Video Archive.

CHTF Meeting #5: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 -- Capitol HCRm#6 - Agenda

sample imageIndustry Presentations to be planned from:

  • AKA Solutions – transport technologies
  • Air Products  – safety of their 700-mile hydrogen pipeline
  • Dr. Khonsari, LSU – pipeline integrity and materials science
  • The French Hydrogen Landscape -- Emmanuel Henriet
  • Policy Discussion

Video Archive of Meeting -- A link to the State Legislative Website's Video Archive.

Tentative CHTF Meeting #6: TBD, June 2025 -- Capitol HCRm#6?

sample imagePlaceholder location for the next meeting.

Industry Presentations to be planned from:

  • Policy Discussion



Potential Presentation Due to not being able to make the February 11th meeting.
sample imageJeff Pollack, AICP ENV SP, the Chief Strategy & Sustainability Office for the Port of Corpus Christi provides an overview of how the port relates to the overall Gulf Coast economy as well as the efforts and capital improvements being made towards a clean energy future.
 --Download Presentation - PDF --

Task Force Team/Mission

Task Force Membership: The Louisiana State Legislative Website has a dedicated page to the Clean Hydrogen Task Force that provides contact information as well as task force members.

This page also has a link to the actual legislative resolution (HCR-64, 2024 RS) that stood-up the task force as well as its intended make-up, scope and purpose.

Partnering Companies

Happy to add (or remove) any company that attends or participates in our task force as well as a link to their clean energy initiative.

--Request Addition/Change/Removal

CHTF Distribution List

Do you want to stay abreast of the activities and meeting of the task force?  Please consider joining the Clean Hydrogen Task Force Email Distribution List.  Use the below links to be added to (or removed from) the list. 

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Additional Resources

As additional resources, white-papers, news articles and newsletters of interest to the task force are provides, I will place them here.