(1)  Amend CSSB 7, Sec. 39.603 (page 40, line 29) by adding
the words, "provided by subsections (d) through (j)" after the
words "low-income electric customers".
      (2)  Amend CSSB 7, Sec. 39.603 (page 40) by deleting lines 34
through 36, and replacing them with the following:
      (d)  Notwithstanding Sec. 39.106(b), the commission shall
adopt rules regarding programs to assist low-income electric
customers.  Such programs shall include:
            (1)  Reduced electric rates as provided by subsections
(e) through (j); and
            (2)  targeted energy efficiency programs to be
administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs in coordination with existing weatherization programs.
      (e)  Until January 1, 2002, or such time as customer choice
is in effect, an electric utility may not reduce, in any manner,
programs already offered to assist low-income customers.
      (f)  Following the introduction of customer choice, the
commission shall adopt rules to determine a reduced rate to be
discounted off the standard retail service package as approved by
the commission pursuant to Sec. 39.106, or the "price to beat"
established by Sec. 39.202, whichever is lower.
      (g)  The commission may provide for a reduced rate:
            (1)  during periods when severe weather occurs or is
likely to occur; or
            (2)  for customers living in all-electric dwelling
units or who depend on electrically-operated medical equipment.
      (h)  A retail electric provider not subject to the "price to
beat" shall be reimbursed for the difference between the reduced
rate and the rate established pursuant to Sec. 39.106.  A retail
electric provider who is subject the "price to beat" shall be
reimbursed for the difference between the reduced rate and the
"price to beat."
      (i)  A retail electric provider is prohibited from charging
the customer a fee for participation in the reduced rate program.
      (j)  For the purposes of this section, a "low-income electric
customer" is an electric customer who is a qualifying low-income
consumer as defined by the commission.