Oncor DCRF Charge Applicable To Retail Electric Providers To More Than Double For Residential, Secondary ≤10 kW Customers Under Settlement

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and various parties including Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, Alliance of Oncor Cities, and Alliance for Retail Markets have filed a stipulation that would set new amounts for Oncor's Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), which is a rider applicable to retail electric providers

The new amounts for Rider DCRF are proposed to be effective September 1, 2020. Parties agree to interim rates pursuant to 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 22.125 to the extent necessary to effectuate the proposed rates on September 1.

The proposed Oncor DCRF settlement rates are below:

Oncor DCRF
Proposed Settlement Rates 
Effective 9/1/20

Residential            $0.001287 per kWh
Secondary ≤ 10 kW      $0.001374 per kWh
Secondary > 10 kW      $0.266647 per kW
Primary ≤ 10 kW        $0.000620 per kWh
Primary > 10 kW        $0.111613 per kW
Primary Substation     $0.029207 per kW
Transmission           $0.002994 per kW
Lighting               $0.004595 per kWh

*Note all per kW amounts are per billing kW

For comparison Oncor's current DCRF rates and its originally proposed DCRF rates are below:

Currently Effective DCRF Rates

Residential                $0.000474 per kWh
Secondary 
   ≤ 10 kW                 $0.000503 per kWh
   > 10 kW                 $0.099593 per kW
Primary 
   ≤ 10 kW                 $0.000221 per kWh
   > 10 kW - Distribution  $0.046956 per kW
   > 10 kW Substation      $0.012099 per kW
Transmission Service       $0.001175 per kW
Lighting Service           $0.001633 per kWh




Originally Proposed DCRF Rates, Proposed 9/1/20

Residential                $0.001357 per kWh
Secondary 
   ≤ 10 kW                 $0.001449 per kWh
   > 10 kW                 $0.281148 per kW
Primary 
   ≤ 10 kW                 $0.000654 per kWh
   > 10 kW - Distribution  $0.117683 per kW
   > 10 kW Substation      $0.030795 per kW
Transmission Service       $0.003157 per kW
Lighting Service           $0.004845 per kWh

*Note all per kW amounts are per billing kW

Docket 50734