Amend CSHB 1500 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 12.005, Utilities Code (page 1, line 34), strike "2029" and substitute "2025".

(2)  In SECTION 6 of the bill, in amended Section 13.002, Utilities Code (page 3, line 26), strike "2029" and substitute "2025".

(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall conduct a special-purpose review for the 89th Legislature of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Office of Public Utility Counsel, and the independent organization certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region. In conducting the special-purpose review under this subsection, the Sunset Advisory Commission staff evaluation and report must be limited to reviewing the implementation by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Office of Public Utility Counsel, and the independent organization certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region of this Act and of the recommended management actions contained in the Sunset Advisory Commission Report for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, and the Office of Public Utility Counsel, 88th Legislature, that were approved by the Sunset Advisory Commission. The Sunset Advisory Commission's recommendations to the 89th Legislature may include any recommendation the Sunset Advisory Commission considers appropriate based on the special-purpose review.

(b)  This section expires September 1, 2025.