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Amend CSHB 1822 (Senate committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is 
amended by adding section 39.112 to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.112.  NOTICE OF EXPIRATION AND PRICE CHANGE.  (a)  In 
this section, "fixed rate product" means a retail electric product 
with a term of at least three months for which the price for each 
billing period, including recurring charges, does not change 
throughout the term of the contract, except that the price may vary 
to reflect actual changes in transmission and distribution utility 
charges, changes to ERCOT or Texas Regional Entity administrative 
fees charged to loads, or changes to federal, state, or local laws 
that result in new or modified fees or costs that are not within the 
retail electric provider's control.
	(b)  A retail electric provider shall provide a residential 
customer who has a fixed rate product with at least one written 
notice of the date the fixed rate product will expire.  The notice 
must:
		(1)  be sent to the customer's billing address by mail 
at least 30, but not more than 60, days preceding the date the 
contract will expire;
		(2)  be sent to the customer's email address, if 
available to the provider and if the customer has agreed to receive 
notices electronically, at least 30, but not more than 60, days 
preceding the date the contract will expire;
		(3)  include on the outside of the envelope in which the 
notice is sent, a statement that reads: "Contract Expiration 
Notice.  See Enclosed.";
		(4)  if included with a customer's bill, be printed on a 
separate page; and
		(5)  include a description of any fees or charges 
associated with the early termination of the customer's fixed rate 
product.
	(c)  A retail electric provider shall include on each billing 
statement the end date of the fixed rate product.
	(d)  No provision in this section shall be construed to 
prohibit the commission from adopting rules that would provide a 
greater degree of customer protection.