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Amend CSSB 483 (House Committee Printing) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 6 of the bill (page 7, line 24),
strike "Subsection (j)" and substitute "Subsections (a-1) and (j)".
(2) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in amended Section 39.157(a),
Utilities Code (page 8, line 3), between "shall require" and
"reasonable mitigation", insert ", to the extent feasible, refunds
to retail customers, disgorgement of revenues received as a result
of market power abuses, and".
(3) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in amended Section 39.157,
Utilities Code (page 9, between lines 1 and 2), insert the
following:
(a-1) Instead of seeking a civil penalty to eliminate or to
remedy the market power abuse or violation under Subsection (a),
the commission may require that a person who has been found by the
commission to have engaged in market power abuse pay equivalent
funds directly to an existing emergency bill payment assistance
program operated by local assistance agencies that are supported by
the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.