HB 200

This bill prohibits the importation, disposal, or storage of high-level radioactive waste (including spent nuclear fuel) in designated "critical energy infrastructure zones" within Texas. The bill directs the commission to establish criteria and procedures for designating these zones in counties that have significant energy production or generation capacity—specifically those with more than 100 megawatts of installed solar or wind generation capacity, 10 million barrels of annual oil production, or 2 million MCF of annual natural gas production. Once designated as a critical energy infrastructure zone, an area maintains this protected status until the commission removes the designation through formal procedures, effectively creating buffer zones between radioactive waste storage and key energy-producing regions of the state.