Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article VIII of the bill, following the appropriations to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (page VIII-50), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:

____.  Assessment of Potential for Infrastructure Coordination with the United Mexican States. (a) Out of funds appropriated above, the Public Utility Commission of Texas shall collaborate with the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, electric utilities, and electric cooperatives and municipally owned utilities providing transmission service to assess current and potential electric infrastructure coordination with the Mexican Sistema Eléctrico Nacional in regions of this state adjacent to major ports of entry.

(b)  The assessment must include:

(1)  an inventory of existing interconnection agreements and constraints;

(2)  an estimate of industrial load growth due to cross-border economic development; and

(3)  any barriers to strategic infrastructure expansion.

(c)  The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall submit a summary of the results of the assessment and any associated recommendations to the legislature not later than January 1, 2027.