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Amend CSHB 2483 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, strike lines 10 through 12 and substitute the following:
(1) a loss of electric power that:
(A) affects a significant number of distribution customers of a transmission and distribution utility; and
(B) has lasted or is expected to last for at least eight hours; and
(2) On page 1, line 19, strike "; and" and substitute "in which:".
(3) On page 1, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
(A) the independent system operator has ordered the utility to shed load; or
(B) the utility's distribution facilities are not being fully served by the bulk power system under normal operations; and
(4) On page 1, lines 22 and 23, strike "long lead time facilities that" and substitute "transmission and distribution facilities that have a lead time of at least six months and".
(5) On page 2, between lines 3 and 4, insert new Subsections (d), (e), and (f) as follows and reletter subsequent subsections and cross-references to those subsections accordingly:
(d) Facilities described by Subsection (b)(1):
(1) must be operated in isolation from the bulk power system; and
(2) may not be included in independent system operator:
(A) locational marginal pricing calculations;
(B) pricing; or
(C) reliability models.
(e) A transmission and distribution utility that leases and operates facilities under Subsection (b)(1) shall ensure, to the extent reasonably practicable, that retail customer usage during operation of those facilities is adjusted out of the usage reported for billing purposes by the retail customer's retail electric provider.
(f) A transmission and distribution utility shall, when reasonably practicable, use a competitive bidding process to lease facilities under Subsection (b)(1).