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Amend CSSB 483 (House Committee Printing) by adding the
following SECTION to the bill, appropriately numbered, and
renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Subchapter A, Chapter 39, Utilities
Code, is amended by adding Section 39.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.0015. DELAY OF RETAIL COMPETITION. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this chapter, the commission may not
implement or consider the implementation of retail electric
competition in an area in this state that is not currently engaged
in retail electric competition unless a law enacted after the
effective date of this section requires that action.
(b) Not later than the 180th day after the effective date of
this Act, an electric utility operating in this state that is
subject to traditional cost of service rate regulation and that on
the effective date of this Act has a transition to competition plan
on file with the Public Utility Commission of Texas shall:
(1) withdraw the plan from the commission;
(2) cease all activities related to the plan; and
(3) file with the commission an application for
recovery of any costs incurred as a result of the preparation,
filing, and implementation of the plan.
(c) An electric utility described by Section 39.0015,
Utilities Code, as added by this section, is entitled to recover the
costs described by Subsection (b)(3) of this section.