PUCT Docket 59315, Oncor application for a 765 kV transmission line across 22 counties
Oncor Electric Delivery has applied to amend its certificate of convenience and necessity to build the Dinosaur Switch to Longshore Switch transmission line. The application covers a corridor crossing 22 named counties in central and west Texas. The docket has drawn one of the largest volumes of landowner filings in recent PUCT practice. Those filings include intervention requests, protests and a county resolution. The commission has the matter set for an open meeting on August 21st, 2026.
How to take part
The docket is set for an open meeting on August 21st, 2026 in Commissioners Hearing Room 7-100, listed as open to the public. Affected landowners have intervened and filed protests directly through the Interchange under control number 59315, and the record shows individuals doing so in their own names.
Where
22 counties. In Abilene, Big Spring, Brownwood, Granbury, Stephenville, Sweetwater, Waco. Also in Borden, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Glasscock, Hamilton, Mitchell, Runnels, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Sterling, which are in no metropolitan or micropolitan area.
Dates
| Date | What | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | filed | Oncor requested a docket number |
| 2026-08-21 | hearing | Open meeting listing the docket, per the PUCT calendar feed |
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
APPLICATION OF ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC TO AMEND ITS CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE DINOSAUR SWITCH - LONGSHORE SWITCH 765 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN BORDEN, BOSQUE, BROWN, CALLAHAN, COKE, COLEMAN, COMANCHE, EASTLAND, ERATH, GLASSCOCK, HAMILTON, HOOD, HOWARD, JONES, MITCHELL, NOLAN, RUNNELS, SHACKELFORD, SOMERVELL, STEPHENS, STERLING, AND TAYLOR COUNTIESPUCT Interchange, Filings for 59315, Case Style Primary source, official
Comanche County ResolutionPUCT Interchange, Filings for 59315, item 4, party Comanche County, file stamp 2/4/2026 Primary source, official
Protest the A3 line going around Dinosaur Valley State ParkPUCT Interchange, Filings for 59315, item 3, party Rock-N-Oaks Ranch, file stamp 2/3/2026 Primary source, official
Letter Oncor Dinosaur-Longshore 765KVPUCT Interchange, Filings for 59315, item 5, party Paluxy River Protection Alliance, file stamp 2/4/2026 Primary source, official
Docket 59315 Commissioners Hearing Room 7-100 ( Open To Public )PUCT calendar RSS, entry titled Open Meeting - Friday, August 21, 2026 Primary source, official