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Oncor requesting rate increase of $98 million, their highest ever
TX Cities Dispute Oncor Rate Hike By Erin Wides | May 6, 2021 at 7:02 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 7:37 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Oncor customers could see an increase after the company asked for a nearly $98 million rate increase. That’s a 30 percent increase from what they requested last year.
Thomas Brocato is an attorney who represents the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, and helps 163 cities in the committee get reasonable prices and reliable service.
“Back in 2011 the legislature adopted a law that allowed electric utilities to come in in the first week of April each year and have what is efficiently a mini, sort of expedited limited issue rate case,” Brocato said. “That’s what we are seeing here; this is the fourth one that Oncor has filed, and it’s the largest.”
Council awards bid on Taft Boulevard project
Wichita Falls City Councilors Tuesday awarded the contract for the Taft Boulevard Improvement Project to Scales Concrete Construction Co., Inc., a local company, for $5,566,124. The widening of Taft was approved by voters in 2018 as part of a street bond issue.
In awarding the contract, the city staff considered sealed bids on the qualifications of each bidder rather than just granting the job to the lowest bidder. Two companies submitted lower bids than Scales.
“This is going to be one of those projects where the public is going to come to us,” Mayor Stephen Santellana said.