Amend CSSB 981 (house committee printing) by striking SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, line 15, through page 2, line 3) and substituting the following:

SECTION 2. Section 39.916, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:

(k) 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 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 electricity consumption.