Amend CSHB 1500 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 16 of the bill, in added Section 39.1594, Utilities Code (page 9, between lines 46 and 47), by inserting the following:
(e) If the commission adopts a program described by Subsection (a), the commission by rule shall prohibit a generator that receives credits through the program from decommissioning or removing from service while the generator participates in the program any dispatchable electric generating facility operated by the generator unless the decommissioning or removal from service begins after September 1, 2028, or the commission finds that the decommissioning or removal from service:
(1) is required by federal law; or
(2) would alleviate significant financial hardship for the generator.