(1) On page 4, line 47, insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____. Section 39.916(a)(2), Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows:

(2) "Distributed renewable generation owner" means:

(A) the owner of distributed renewable generation;

(B) a retail electric customer on whose side of the meter distributed renewable generation is installed and operated, regardless of whether the customer takes ownership of the distributed renewable generation; or

(C) a person who by contract is assigned ownership rights to energy produced from distributed renewable generation located at the premises of the customer on the customer's side of the meter.

(2) On page 4, line 47, insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____. Section 39.916, Utilities Code, is amended by adding subsection (p) to read as follows:

(p) Neither a retail electric customer that uses distributed renewable generation nor the owner of the distributed renewable generation that the retail electric customer uses is an electric utility, power generation company, or retail electric provider for the purposes of this title and neither is required to register with or be certified by the commission if at the time the distributed renewable generation is installed, the estimated annual amount of electricity to be produced by the distributed renewable generation is less than or equal to the retail electric customer's estimated annual electric consumption.

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