Amend HB 1600 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the article appropriately:
SECTION 1.____. Section 39.107, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Subsections (k) to read as follows:
(k) An electric utility or transmission and distribution utility that receives from the commission approval of the utility's plan for deploying advanced meters shall provide without cost to the customer an option to:
(1) refuse initial installation of an advanced meter; or
(2) choose to have the advanced meter removed and replaced with a conventional meter.