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	Amend CSHB 1243 (House committee printing) as follows:                       
	(1)  On page 3, strike lines 13 and 14 and substitute:                         

adding Subsections (d-1), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), and (r) 
to read as follows:
	(2)  On page 4, line 3, strike "renewable resources" and 
substitute "distributed renewable generation".
	(3)  On page 7, strike lines 16 through 18 and substitute:                     

generated by distributed renewable generation that provides a 
monthly or longer periodic proxy for the market clearing price.  The 
methodology must not allow the aggregate fair market value of 
surplus electricity in any billing period to be less than zero.  The 
commission shall review the methodology periodically.
	(4)  On page 8, strike lines 3-19 and substitute:                              
	(m)  A distributed renewable generation owner is qualified 
to be paid for surplus electricity under Subsection (h), (j), (k), 
or (l) only if:
		(1)  the owner's distributed renewable generation is 
installed on the customer's side of the meter for a residential 
retail electric customer or a retail electric customer who is a 
public school or a church; and
		(2)  the generating capacity of the distributed 
renewable generation does not exceed:
			(A)  10 kilowatts for a residential retail 
electric customer;       
			(B)  150 kilowatts for a church retail electric 
customer; or        
			(C)  250 kilowatts for a public school retail 
electric customer.    
	(n)  A distributed renewable generation owner who does not 
meet the qualifications prescribed by Subsection (m) will be paid 
for the owner's surplus electricity or will have the owner's surplus 
electricity exchanged for a credit to the owner's electric service 
account at a value to which the owner and the provider that serves 
the owner's load agree.
	(5)  On page 8, line 20, strike "(m)" and substitute "(o)".      
	(6)  On page 8, line 27, strike "(n)" and substitute "(p)".      
	(7)  On page 9, line 3, strike "bill of" and substitute "bill 
or separate statement to".
	(8)  On page 9, line 7, between "credited to" and "the 
owner", insert "or the payment made to".
	(9)  On page 9, line 11, strike "(o)" and substitute "(q)".      
	(10)  On page 9, line 15, strike "(p)" and substitute "(r)".     
	(11)  On page 12, at the end of line 4, add "residential".              
	(12)  On page 12, line 11, between "marketers to" and 
"distributed", insert "residential".
	(13)  On page 12, line 18, between "produced by" and 
"distributed", insert "residential".
	(14)  On page 12, between "SECTION 7." and "This Act" insert:                  

Not later than January 1, 2010, the Public Utility Commission of 
Texas shall provide the methodology for determining a fair market 
value price for surplus electricity generated by distributed 
renewable generation, as required by Section 39.916(k), Utilities 
Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 8.  (a) Section 36.916, Utilities Code, as amended 
by this Act, expires September 2, 2011.
	(b)  The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall conduct a 
study to determine the effect of the pricing methodology the 
commission provides under Section 39.916(k), Utilities Code, as 
added by this Act.  The commission shall report the findings of the 
study to the 82nd Legislature not later than January 15, 2011.
	SECTION 9.