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Amend CSHB 1777 by adding a new section, numbered
appropriately, to read as follows:
SECTION __. (a) The Public Utility Commission of Texas, as a
part of the commission's continuing analysis of reserve margins and
capacity needs for the ERCOT system, shall consider creating and
may establish a new alternative market mechanism to allow a
potential interruptible industrial load that is greater than one
megawatt and that will not be participating in the ERCOT market to
be treated as a "load acting as a resource" and to allow
compensation for that treatment.
(b) The legislature finds that Texas businesses that are able
to participate in an alternative interruptible service compete in
interstate and global markets and that the opportunity for the
businesses to be compensated for their interruptible loads is
essential to the businesses' ability to remain competitive and to
provide significant benefits to the economy of this state. The
Public Utility Commission of Texas shall consider these economic
benefits in analyzing the potential of interruptible service. Not
later than January 1, 2006, the Public Utility Commission of Texas
shall report any actions taken regarding interruptible service and
the results of its analysis of interruptible service to the
governor, lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the presiding officers of each legislative
committee with jurisdiction over electric services.