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	Amend CSSB 483 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the 
bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Sections 39.904(a) and (c), Utilities Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  It is the intent of the legislature that by January 1, 
2015, an additional 5,000 megawatts of generating capacity from 
renewable energy technologies will have been installed in this 
state.  The cumulative installed renewable capacity in this state 
shall total 5,880 megawatts by January 1, 2015, and the commission 
shall establish a target of 10,000 megawatts of installed renewable 
capacity by January 1, 2025.  The cumulative installed renewable 
capacity in this state shall total 2,280 megawatts by January 1, 
2007, 3,272 megawatts by January 1, 2009, 4,264 megawatts by 
January 1, 2011, 5,256 megawatts by January 1, 2013, and 5,880 
megawatts by January 1, 2015.  Of the cumulative renewable energy 
technology generating capacity installed to meet the goal of this 
subsection after September 1, 2007 [2005], a total of [the 
commission shall establish a target of having] at least 500 
megawatts of capacity from [a] renewable energy technologies 
[technology] other than [a source using] wind energy technologies 
shall be installed by January 1, 2015.
	(c)  The [Not later than January 1, 2000, the] commission 
shall adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this section.  
At a minimum, the rules shall:
		(1)  establish the minimum annual renewable energy 
requirement, including a minimum annual requirement for the 
installation of generating capacity from renewable energy 
technologies other than wind energy technologies, for each retail 
electric provider, municipally owned utility, and electric 
cooperative operating in this state in a manner reasonably 
calculated by the commission to produce, on a statewide basis, 
compliance with the requirement prescribed by Subsection (a);  and
		(2)  specify reasonable performance standards that all 
renewable capacity additions must meet to count against the 
requirement prescribed by Subsection (a) and that:
			(A)  are designed and operated so as to maximize 
the energy output from the capacity additions in accordance with 
then-current industry standards;  and
			(B)  encourage the development, construction, and 
operation of new renewable energy projects at those sites in this 
state that have the greatest economic potential for capture and 
development of this state's environmentally beneficial renewable 
resources.