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Amend CSSB 482 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, lines 5
and 6), strike "Sections 17.157(a) and (b), Utilities Code, are
amended" and substitute "Section 17.157, Utilities Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1)
and (d)".
(2) Strike Section 17.157(a), Utilities Code, as amended by
SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, lines 7-10) and substitute the
following:
(a) In this section, "small commercial retail customer"
means a non-residential customer that has a peak demand of less than
50 kilowatts during any 12-month period, unless the customer's load
is part of an aggregation program whose peak demand is in excess of
50 kilowatts during the same 12-month period.
(a-1) The commission may investigate or resolve disputes
between either a residential or small commercial retail customer
and a billing utility, service provider, telecommunications
utility, retail electric provider, or electric utility.
(3) In Section 17.157(b), Utilities Code, as amended by
SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 11), strike "Subsection (a)" and
substitute "Subsection (a-1) [(a)]".
(4) In Section 17.157(b)(2), Utilities Code, as amended by
SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 19), strike "residential" and
substitute "residential and small commercial retail".
(5) In Section 17.157(b)(3), Utilities Code, as amended by
SECTION 1 of the bill (page 2, line 2), strike "residential" and
substitute "residential or small commercial retail".
(6) In Section 17.157(b)(4), Utilities Code, as amended by
SECTION 1 of the bill (page 2, line 4), strike "residential" and
substitute "residential or small commercial retail".
(7) In Section 17.157(b)(5), Utilities Code, as amended by
SECTION 1 of the bill (page 2, line 9), strike "[or small
commercial]" and substitute "or small commercial retail".