CC MEETING: July 8, 2025
DATE: June 30, 2025
TO: City Council
FROM: Meredith A. Ladd, City Attorney
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Consider A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Carrollton, Texas, Suspending The July 31, 2025 Effective Date Of Oncor Electric Delivery Company's Requested Rate Change To Permit The City Time To Study The Request And To Establish Reasonable Rates; Approving Cooperation With The Steering Committee Of Cities Served By Oncor To Hire Legal And Consulting Services And To Negotiate With The Company And Direct Any Necessary Litigation And Appeals; Finding That The Meeting At Which This Resolution Is Passed Is Open To The Public As Required By Law; Requiring Notice Of This Resolution To The Company And Legal Counsel For The Steering Committee; And Providing An Effective Date.
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BACKGROUND:
Oncor Electric Delivery Company ("Oncor" or "the Company") filed an application on or about June 26, 2025 with cities retaining original jurisdiction seeking to increase system-wide transmission and distribution rates by about $834 million or approximately 13% over present revenues. The Company asks the City to approve a 12.3% increase in residential rates and a 51.0% increase in street lighting rates. If approved, an average residential customer would see a bill increase of about $7.90 per month.
The resolution suspends the July 31, 2025 effective date of the Company's rate increase for the maximum period permitted by law to allow the City, working in conjunction with the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, to evaluate the filing, determine whether the filing complies with law, and if lawful, to determine what further strategy, including settlement, to pursue.
The law provides that a rate request made by an electric utility cannot become effective until at least 35 days following the filing of the application to change rates. The law permits the City to suspend the rate change for 90 days after the date the rate change would otherwise be effec...
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