PUCT Project 58000, rulemaking to update ERCOT transmission cost recovery, comment deadline reached
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is amending its wholesale and investor owned utility retail transmission cost recovery rules for the ERCOT region. The commission published a proposal for publication amending Section 25.192 and Section 25.193 and adding a new Section 25.252, and set a comment deadline of August 11th, 2026. Utilities and data center developers filed comments on the deadline date. So did consumer advocates and ERCOT itself. The project index now stands at 67 filings. The commission next considers the proposal at an open meeting before adopting a final rule.
How to take part
Comments are filed in the PUCT Interchange under control number 58000. The comment deadline stated in the record has now been reached, so the remaining public access is the open meeting at which commissioners consider the proposal. Open meetings are held in Commissioners Hearing Room 7-100 and are listed as open to the public on the PUCT calendar feed.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- filed
Project opened by PUC Rules and Projects
- comment opens
Proposal for publication filed and acknowledged by the Texas Register
- comment closes
Comment deadline stated in the Texas Register acknowledgement
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-16
The filing index moved from 66 to 67 with a late comment from Antora Energy. The proposal for publication also creates a new Section 25.252, which the earlier summary did not carry. Checked against the PUCT Interchange filing index for control number 58000.
- 2026-08-19
Checked and unchanged. The filing index still stands at 67, and the most recent entry is still the August 11th comment from Antora Energy.
- 2026-08-22
Checked and unchanged. The filing index for control number 58000 still stands at 67 filings and the most recent entry is still the August 11th comment. The proposal is still awaiting an open meeting.
- 2026-08-25
The comment window closed on August 11th.
- 2026-08-28
The comment window on Project 58000 closed on August 11th and has not reopened. The commission has not yet published an order adopting the amended transmission cost recovery rules. What utilities and data center developers filed on the deadline day is still the last word in the project.
- 2026-09-01
The transmission-cost rulemaking remains unresolved after comments closed. The commission still has not published an adopting order.
- 2026-09-02
The comment window closed on August 11th.
- 2026-09-05
The rulemaking on ERCOT transmission cost recovery is still sitting after its comment deadline and the commission has published no proposal for adoption. What the comments changed is still unknown.
- 2026-09-08
The rulemaking on how ERCOT recovers transmission cost is still sitting where the comment deadline left it. No order adopting the amended rules has been published, so what the filings changed is still not on the record.
- 2026-09-09
The comment window closed on August 11th. Nothing has been proposed for adoption since, so the transmission cost recovery rule is still where it was when the window shut.
- 2026-09-12
The comment window closed on August 11th.
- 2026-09-13
The comment window closed on August 11th.
- 2026-09-16
The comment window closed on August 11th. Nothing has been posted since to say what the commission intends to do with what it received, so the transmission cost recovery rule is still where it was left.
- 2026-09-19
The comment window closed on August 11th.
- 2026-09-23
The rulemaking is still sitting between a closed comment file and a proposal, with nothing new posted to the project.
- 2026-09-26
The comment file closed on August 11th and the commission has not yet brought a proposal for adoption to an open meeting.
- 2026-09-29
The transmission cost recovery rule has not come to an open meeting for adoption, and the comment file that closed on August 11th has taken nothing new.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Rulemaking to Update Wholesale and IOU Retail Transmission Cost Recovery in the ERCOT RegionPUCT Interchange, Filings for 58000, Case Style Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
67 filing(s).PUCT Interchange, Filings for 58000 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
PROPOSAL FOR PUBLICATION OF AMENDMENTS TO §25.192 and §25.193 and NEW §25.252PUCT Interchange, Filings for 58000, Item 8, filed by PUC OPDM Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
Texas Register Acknowledgement of Receipt - Comments Due 08.11.2026PUCT Interchange, control number 58000 item 9, filed by RULES & PROJECTS, file stamp 7/9/2026 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
OM Item No. 29 - Staff Memo & PFP w/July 31 Comment DeadlinePUCT Interchange, Filings for 58000, item 3, file stamp 6/11/2026 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
LETTER REGARDING EVALUATION OF TRANSMISSION COST RECOVERYPUCT Interchange, Filings for 58000, item 5, party CHAIRMAN DREW DARBY, file stamp 6/30/2026 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS, INC.’S COMMENTS REGPUCT Interchange, Filings for 58000, item 64, party ERCOT, file stamp 8/11/2026 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL’S COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAPUCT Interchange, Filings for 58000, item 63, party OPUC, file stamp 8/11/2026 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
Rowan Digital Infrastructure Comments in Response to PropoPUCT Interchange, Filings for 58000, item 58, party ROWAN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, file stamp 8/11/2026 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is amending its wholesale and investor owned utility retail transmission cost recovery rules for the ERCOT region. The commission published a proposal for publication amending Section 25.192 and Section 25.193 and adding a new Section 25.252, and set a comment deadline of August 11th, 2026. Utilities and data center developers filed comments on the deadline date. So did consumer advocates and ERCOT itself. The project index now stands at 67 filings. The commission next considers the proposal at an open meeting before adopting a final rule.
Who decides it?
Public Utility Commission of Texas decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The comment window on this decision has closed. The deciding body is still named on the item page and is still reachable.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It is a statewide body's action and it governs the ERCOT region rather than every county.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was comment closes on August 11th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is April 23rd, 2025.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under power and the grid.
What sources back it?
Two sources back it. Two of them are primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 29th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, PUCT Project 58000, rulemaking to update ERCOT transmission cost recovery, comment deadline reached. Tracked since April 23rd, 2025. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0001/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0001.
Beat
Filed under Power and the grid, with every other decision on that beat.