Amend CSSB 7 as follows: (1) in SECTION 33, Subsection 39.001(a) of the bill (Committee Printing page 13, line 3), by inserting "The legislature finds that the production and sale of electricity is not by definition or necessity a monopoly warranting regulation of rates, operations, and services, and that the public interest in competitive electric markets requires that, except for transmission and distribution services and for the recovery of stranded costs, electric services and their prices should be determined by customer choices and the normal forces of competition. As a result, this" between "(a)" and "This", and striking "This"; (2) in SECTION 33, Subsection 39.001(b) of the bill (Committee Printing page 13, line 19), by adding at the end of the Subsection "(4) protect the competitive process in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of competitively sensitive information during the transition to a competitive market and after the commencement of customer choice."; (3) in SECTION 33, by adding after the end of Subsection 39.001(b) of the bill (Committee Printing page 13, line 19), "(c) Regulatory authorities shall not make rules or issue orders regulating competitive electric services, prices, or competitors, or restricting or conditioning competition, except as expressly provided in this chapter, and shall not discriminate against any participant, or type of participant, during the transition to a competitive market and in the competitive market."; (4) in SECTION 33, Subdivision 39.607(e)(2) of the bill (Committee Printing page 41, line 41), by striking "or adopted" and adding after the word "commission" at the end of the subdivision "and may submit comments to the commission on such proposed rules"; (5) in SECTION 33, Subdivision 39.607(e)(4) of the bill (Committee Printing page 41, lines 46-47), by inserting ", market power" between "costs" and "and", striking "and market power", inserting ", and regulation" between "power" and "on", and inserting "the normal forces of" between "on" and "competition"; and (6) in SECTION 33, Subsection 39.157(a) of the bill (Committee Printing page 22, lines 38-50), by inserting "For the purposes of this section, "market power abuse" means conduct that violates the prohibitions in Subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 15.05 of the Business and Commerce Code. (b)" between "(a)" and "The", inserting "for" between "monitor" and "market", striking ", transmission, distribution,", inserting "may invoke the remedies provided for in Subsection 15.20(a) of the Business and Commerce Code" between "commission" and "shall", striking "shall require reasonable mitigation of the market power by ordering the construction of additional transmission or distribution facilities, by requiring a reduction of generation capacity through the auction of generation capacity entitlements, by setting appropriate restrictions on sales of electricity, by establishing limitations on the use of generation, transmission, or distribution facilities, or by any other reasonable remedy", and adding at the end of the subsection "Alternatively, the commission may refer a finding of market power abuse to the attorney general for investigation and potential suit under Chapter 15, Title 2 of the Business and Commerce Code.". ARMBRISTER BROWN