Amend CSSB 3 (house committee printing) on page 44, between lines 1 and 2, by inserting the following:

(d)  Not later than September 1, 2022, the State Energy Plan Advisory Committee shall submit to the legislature a report evaluating whether a regulated emergency power reserve outside of the ERCOT market that meets the requirements described in Section 39.159(c), Utilities Code, as added by this Act, would efficiently address the need for sufficient dispatchable capacity in all emergency weather scenarios, and whether such an emergency power reserve should be an option as a reliability service described in Sections 39.159(b)(2) and (3), Utilities Code, as added by this Act.