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Approving a resolution denying application for approval of a rate change submitted by Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC and providing authoriztion to participate in proceedings at the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Summary
The City of Pflugerville has previously participated in the Alliance of Oncor Cities. The following information has been provided by the law firm of Herrera Law & Associates which has previously represented the Alliance of Oncor Cities in rate matters involving Oncor.
On April 3, 2020, Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC (“Oncor”) submitted an Application for Approval to Amend Its Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (“DCRF”) to increase its annual revenues by approximately $76 million. Oncor proposes to implement this increase on September 1, 2020. Oncor has simultaneously filed its request to amend its DCRF with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUCT”).
Oncor’s application affects all retail electric providers (“REPs”) serving end-use retail electric customers in Oncor’s service-area and will affect the retail electric customers of those REPS to the extent the REPs choose to pass along these charges to their customers, which we expect REPs to attempt to do.
A DCRF permits Oncor to recover a profit on the incremental investment it made in its distribution assets during the one-year period year following the end of the test year in its last DCRF proceeding; that one-year period for this filing is January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. A DCRF filing is a streamlined single-issue proceeding outside of a comprehensive base rate case that moves very quickly. The Commission’s rules dictate, pursuant to State law, that September 1, 2020, absent good cause, is the effective date for new rates. This means, absent good cause, the case will be resolved in approximately 150 days. Discovery is also very limited allowing parties to serve, absent good cause, no more than 20 requests for information and requests for ad...
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