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Public Utility Commission of Texas
Commissioners
4Upcoming Hearings
4May 29, 2026
9:30 AM
Jun 1, 2026
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Jun 1, 2026
9:30 AM
Jun 2, 2026
10:00 AM
Active Proceedings
1Docket No. 58306
Oncor sought a major distribution rate increase; parties reached a settlement of approximately $560 million in January 2026, pending PUCT approval. One of the largest electric rate settlements in Texas history.
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State Intelligence
Updated May 26, 2026Utility Landscape
Oncor Electric Delivery
IOUNorth and west Texas, including Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex; largest transmission and distribution utility in Texas
Oncor filed a major rate case in 2024 seeking significant revenue increases tied to grid hardening and load growth from data centers and electrification. PUCT approved a settlement in late 2024 allowing increased capital recovery while imposing performance metrics on outage response.
AEP Texas (West Texas Utilities / Central Power and Light successor)
IOUWest and central Texas, including Corpus Christi region and portions of the Panhandle
AEP Texas has pursued interim rate adjustments through the Distribution Cost Recovery Factor mechanism while preparing a comprehensive rate case to address transmission buildout costs and storm hardening investments required post-Winter Storm Uri.
Entergy Texas
IOUSoutheast Texas, including Beaumont, Orange, and Conroe areas; interconnected with MISO rather than ERCOT
Entergy Texas filed a rate case in 2025 requesting recovery of capital investments in generation and transmission infrastructure. The case involves contested issues around fuel cost recovery and the prudency of prior generation decisions.
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
IOUGreater Houston area and Gulf Coast region; serves approximately 2.7 million metered customers
Following severe criticism of its Hurricane Beryl response in July 2024, CenterPoint has been under intensive PUCT oversight, including a legislatively mandated resilience plan. The commission required accelerated vegetation management and undergrounding commitments as conditions of its ongoing rate recovery approvals.
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
coopTexas Hill Country and surrounding areas west of Austin; one of the largest electric cooperatives by customer count in the U.S.
Pedernales is not directly regulated by PUCT for retail rates but participates in ERCOT and has engaged with state policy on distributed energy resource integration and wildfire mitigation in its high-risk service territory.
Austin Energy
muniCity of Austin and portions of surrounding Travis, Williamson, and Bastrop counties
Austin Energy operates under City of Austin oversight rather than PUCT retail rate jurisdiction but is subject to PUCT wholesale market rules as an ERCOT market participant. The utility is actively managing debt load from Winter Storm Uri energy purchases and transitioning its generation portfolio toward renewables and battery storage.
Key Issues
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CenterPoint Energy grid resilience and accountability: Following Hurricane Beryl's exposure of systemic restoration failures in July 2024, the 89th Texas Legislature passed SB 6 requiring PUCT to impose enforceable resilience standards and performance-based penalties on transmission and distribution utilities, with PUCT rulemaking to implement the statute ongoing through 2026.
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ERCOT reserve margin and generation adequacy: PUCT and ERCOT are grappling with surging peak demand driven by West Texas Permian Basin oil and gas load, AI data center buildout near Dallas, and residential electrification, with the reserve margin projected to tighten significantly by 2028 absent new dispatchable capacity incentives.
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Transmission cost allocation and CREZ successor planning: With the legacy Competitive Renewable Energy Zone transmission lines now fully subscribed, PUCT is evaluating a new framework for allocating costs of additional high-voltage transmission needed to deliver West Texas wind and solar to load centers, with contested stakeholder proceedings active in 2026.
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Retail electric provider (REP) consumer protection and default service: PUCT is conducting rulemaking to strengthen disclosure requirements, variable-rate product guardrails, and switching protections for residential customers in the deregulated ERCOT market following documented instances of price spikes and deceptive marketing.
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Distributed energy resource (DER) integration and net metering equivalents: PUCT is revisiting the Value of Solar tariff framework and interconnection queue processing timelines as rooftop solar and battery storage deployments accelerate, with investor-owned utilities and competitive REPs both seeking rule changes to address cost-shifting and grid impact concerns.
Upcoming
Estimated deadline for PUCT to adopt final rules implementing SB 6 (89th Legislature) resilience plan requirements for CenterPoint and other T&D utilities, including enforceable performance benchmarks and penalty structures for storm restoration failures.
Estimated PUCT open meeting at which commissioners are expected to take action on Entergy Texas rate case docket, with ALJ proposal for decision anticipated in summer 2026 following evidentiary hearings completed in Q1 2026.
Estimated deadline for ERCOT to submit its updated long-term resource adequacy assessment and draft recommendations to PUCT on whether a capacity mechanism or alternative dispatchable generation incentive program is warranted, per legislative directive.
Estimated effective date for revised PUCT retail electric provider consumer protection rules, including enhanced variable-rate disclosure requirements and 7-day advance notice obligations before price changes, if rulemaking proceeds on current projected timeline.
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Staff
142| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Hoke | Director, External Affairs | (512) 936-7000 |
| Tom Hunter | Agency Counsel | (512) 936-7000 |
| Darryl Tietjen | Director, Rate Regulation | (512) 936-7000 |
| Eduardo Acosta | Infrastructure Engineer | (512) 936-7430 |
| John Alemdar Alemdar | TX Energy Fund Coordinator | (512) 936-7004 |
| Daniel Alvarado | Attorney | (512) 936-7000 |
| Mildred Anaele | Attorney | (512) 936-7345 |
| Mack Arthur | Regulatory Attorney | (512) 936-7013 |
| Andy Aus | — | (512) 936-7000 |
| Nathalie Barba | Executive Assistant | (512) 936-7494 |
| Harika Basaran | Director-Market Analysis | (512) 936-7143 |
| Will Bashur | Chief of Staff | (512) 936-7000 |
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