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      Amend CSSB 7  by striking Section 39.905, Utilities Code, as
added by SECTION 40 of the bill (House Committee Report page 150,
line 19, through page 151, line 15), and substituting a new Section
39.905 to read as follows:
      Sec. 39.905.  GOAL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY.  (a)  It is the
goal of the legislature that:
            (1)  retail electric providers, and municipally owned
utilities and electric cooperatives serving in areas in which
customer choice has been introduced, provide energy savings
incentive programs and customer information about energy
efficiency; and
            (2)  all customers, in all customer classes, have a
choice of and access to energy efficiency alternatives and other
choices from the market that allows each customer to reduce energy
consumption and reduce energy costs.
      (b)  The commission may condition issuance of a certificate
under Section 39.352 on a commitment to provide reasonable energy
savings incentive programs and customer information about energy
efficiency.