By: Paddie H.R. No. 2085 R E S O L U T I O N BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of Texas, 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, That House Rule 13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate Bill 3 (preparing for, preventing, and responding to weather emergencies and power outages; increasing the amount of administrative and civil penalties) to consider and take action on the following matter: (1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit the committee to omit text not in disagreement by omitting proposed Sections 39.110(a) and (b), Utilities Code. The omitted text prohibited the offering of certain wholesale indexed electric products to residential or small commercial customers. The omitted text reads: Sec. 39.110. WHOLESALE INDEXED PRODUCTS PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "wholesale indexed product" means a retail electric product in which the price a customer pays for electricity includes a direct pass-through of real-time settlement point prices determined by the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region. (b) A retail electric provider may not offer a wholesale indexed product to a residential or small commercial customer. Sec. 39.110. WHOLESALE INDEXED PRODUCTS. (a) In this section, "wholesale indexed product" means a retail electric product in which the price a customer pays for electricity includes a direct pass-through of real-time settlement point prices determined by the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an aggregator, a broker, or a retail electric provider may not offer a wholesale indexed product to a residential or small commercial customer. Explanation: The omission of the text is necessary to remove the prohibition of the offering of certain wholesale indexed electric products to residential or small commercial customers. (2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house or senate version of the bill by adding proposed SECTION 37 of the bill: SECTION 37. The Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee shall produce the map required under Section 38.203, Utilities Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2022. Explanation: The addition of the text is necessary to require the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee to produce the map required under added Section 38.203, Utilities Code, not later than September 1, 2022.