Amend CSHB 789 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  On page 29, line 1, strike "Section 54.202(a), Utilities 
Code, is amended" and substitute "Section 54.202, Utilities Code, 
is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c)".
	(2)  On page 29, between lines 13 and 14, insert the 
following:              
	(c)  This section may not be construed to prevent a 
municipally owned utility from providing to its energy customers, 
either directly or indirectly, any energy related service involving 
the transfer or receipt of information or data concerning the use, 
measurement, monitoring, or management of energy utility services 
provided by the municipally owned utility, including services such 
as load management or automated meter reading.