Amend CSHB 3970 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 13, between "means a" and "load", insert "large".
(2) On page 2, line 7, strike "the large load's behind-the-meter generation" and substitute "a generation facility associated with the large load".
(3) On page 2, line 18, add an underlined comma after "processing".
(4) On page 2, line 20, between "megawatts" and "by", insert an underlined comma.
(5) On page 2, line 21, strike "entity" and substitute "electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, or transmission and distribution utility".
(6) On page 2, line 24, strike "contract or agreement" and substitute "binding commitment".
(7) On page 4, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
(h) The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall consider action taken under this section as a reliability deployment when calculating any price adjustments for reliability deployments.
(8) On page 4, strike lines 8 through 11 and substitute the following:
(i) The commission shall establish financial penalties the commission may impose on an owner or operator of a large load that is approved for expedited interconnection processing but fails to reduce the load or power the load with back-up generation as directed by the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region.