Amend HB 1600 (house committee report) in ARTICLE 1 of the bill by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 1.____. Section 39.112, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A retail electric provider shall provide to a residential customer, regardless of whether the customer has a fixed rate product, written notice of a change in price that is at the discretion of the provider at least 30 days before the date the customer will be affected by that change. A change in price is not at the discretion of the provider if the change occurs to reflect actual changes in transmission and distribution utility charges, changes to ERCOT or Texas Regional Entity administrative fees charged to entities serving loads, or changes to federal, state, or local laws applicable to retail electric providers that result in new or modified fees or costs that are not within the retail electric provider's control.