-- Oncor Electric Delivery reported a massive surge in industrial power demand and a major regulatory victory in its Q1 earnings update.
Texas residents face a 3% hike in electricity bills starting June 1 following a Public Utility Commission of Texas' order granting Oncor a $560 million revenue increase, the company said on Thursday.
The hike comes as Oncor grapples with a record 289 gigawatts interconnection queue, driven largely by a massive influx of data centers across its service territory.
As of March 31, the company's interconnection queue reached 565 active generation requests, dominated by storage and solar.
Oncor's transmission queue now includes 697 requests totaling over 289 GW with 271 GW specifically from data centers.
To meet this looming demand, Oncor submitted a 127.2 GW load forecast request to Electric Reliability Council of Texas through 2036.
The grid operator has already responded, with the Ercot board endorsing 4 GW of new transmission upgrades for the South Dallas-Fort Worth region on April 20.
Oncor expects to manage the majority of these projects, which are scheduled for completion between 2026 and 2032.