Amend CSHB 1777 by adding a new SECTION 13 and renumbering 
subsequent sections accordingly:
	SECTION 13.  Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is 
amended by adding Section 39.159 to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.159. WHOLESALE ELECTRIC MARKET DESIGN.  Prior to 
directing the implementation of a wholesale electric market that 
utilizes locational marginal pricing, the commission shall direct 
the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to implement improvements 
to the zonal wholesale electric market.  The commission shall 
evaluate the effectiveness of those improvements and report those 
results and any recommendations to the legislature by January 9, 
2007.