PUCT Docket 59029, Oncor application for a second 765 kV line across ten west Texas counties
Oncor Electric Delivery has applied to amend its certificate of convenience and necessity to build the Longshore Switch to Drill Hole Switch transmission line. The application covers ten named counties in west Texas. The commission has it set for discussion and possible action at the open meeting on August 21st, 2026. That agenda carries this application and the Dinosaur Switch to Longshore Switch application and nothing else. The two lines meet at Longshore Switch. The commission issued its order on August 28th, 2026, amending the certificate to include the line and approving route 476. The two applications had been consolidated on the question of need and were severed again so each could take its own final order.
How to take part
The commission issued its order on August 28th, 2026. Filings stay public through the Interchange under control number 59029, and a party that wants the commission to look again files a motion for rehearing there. The commission's open meetings each begin with a public comment period on any matter within its jurisdiction.
Where
10 counties. In Andrews, Big Spring, Midland, Odessa, Town of Pecos. Also in Culberson, Glasscock, Loving, Winkler, which are in no metropolitan or micropolitan area.
Timeline
- hearing
Open meeting, agenda item 2, discussion and possible action
- decided
Commission order amending the certificate and approving route 476
- 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.
- 2026-08-20
Admitted. The commission's published agenda for August 21st, 2026 names this application as item 2, alongside the Dinosaur Switch to Longshore Switch application as item 3.
- 2026-08-21
Checked and unchanged. The commission's published agenda for August 21st, 2026 still names this application as item 2 for discussion and possible action, and the filing index still stands at 489.
- 2026-08-26
The filing index moved from 489 to 498. The case style is unchanged and the application is still pending. Nothing else on the docket has moved.
- 2026-08-26
Checked and moving. The interchange filing list for Docket 59029 answers and its newest filing is dated August 25th, 2026. No final order has been entered.
- 2026-08-29
The commission decided this on August 28th, 2026. It amended the certificate to include the line and approved route 476 across the ten counties the application named. The two western applications were consolidated on the question of need and then severed so each took its own final order.
- 2026-09-02
The commission has severed part of the proceeding and the Attorney General has filed an amicus brief supporting a motion to defer the determination of need. Landowner letters are still arriving on the docket.
- 2026-09-05
The commission's filing index for the second line has taken further filings since the last reading and the amended certificate is unchanged.
- 2026-09-08
The Longshore Switch to Drill Hole Switch application still stands as approved and the case style still names the same west Texas counties. One more filing has been entered since the record last read the index.
- 2026-09-09
The filing index for the second line has also taken further filings. The route the commission approved is unchanged.
- 2026-09-12
The filing index for the second line has also taken further filings. The route the commission approved is unchanged.
- 2026-09-13
The route the commission approved for the second line is unchanged, and the filing index is still taking filings on it.
- 2026-09-16
The second Oncor docket is live and its case style still names the Longshore Switch to Drill Hole Switch line across its ten west Texas counties. No order disposing of it has appeared.
- 2026-09-19
The second line is still approved as the commission ordered it. The docket goes on taking filings, so each count of them belongs to the day it was read.
- 2026-09-24
The second line's approval stands as the commission ordered it. Filings keep arriving in the docket without reopening the order.
- 2026-09-27
The second line's approval still stands as the commission ordered it, and the docket keeps taking filings without reopening the order.
- 2026-09-30
The commission's approval of the second line still stands, and the filing that carries it reads the same.
- 2026-10-03
The commission's approval of Oncor's second line across west Texas still stands, and the docket reads as it did.
- 2026-10-06
The commission's approval of Oncor's second line across west Texas still stands as ordered, and the filing that carries it reads the same.
- 2026-10-09
The commission's approval of Oncor's second west Texas line still reads as ordered on the filing that carries it.
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 LONGSHORE SWITCH-DRILL HOLE SWITCH 765 KV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN ANDREWS, CULBERSON, ECTOR, GLASSCOCK, HOWARD, LOVING, MARTIN, MIDLAND, REEVES, AND WINKLER COUNTIESPUCT Interchange, Filings for 59029, Case Style Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
Application of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC to Amend Its Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for thePUCT open meeting agenda, August 21st, 2026, item 2, Docket No. 59029, Longshore Switch to Drill Hole Switch 765 kV line in Andrews, Culberson, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Reeves and Winkler Counties Primary source, official · ftp.puc.texas.gov
In the interest of time, speakers will be limited to three minutes each.PUCT open meeting agenda, August 21st, 2026, item 1, Public Comment Primary source, official · ftp.puc.texas.gov
489 filing(s).PUCT Interchange, Filings for 59029 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
498 filing(s).PUCT Interchange filing index, Control Number 59029 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
The Commission amends Oncor's CCN number 30043 to include the construction and operation of the proposed transmission facilities, including a 765-kV single-circuit transmission line along route 476PUCT Docket 59029, Order, August 28th, 2026 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
The Commission adopts the proposal for decision in part and modifies it in partPUCT Docket 59029, Order, August 28th, 2026 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
The TSPs also provided demand projections indicating an exponential increase in non-oil and gas loads in the Permian Basin region, primarily consisting of demand related to cryptocurrency mining operations, data centers, and hydrogen electrolysis facilities.PUCT Docket 59029, Order, August 28th, 2026 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
508 filing(s).PUCT Interchange, filings index for control number 59029 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
ORDER SEVERING PROCEEDINGSPUCT Interchange, Docket 59029 filings Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
Amicus Brief of Ken Paxton in Support of American Stewards of Liberty's Motion to Defer Determination of NeedPUCT Interchange, Docket 59029 filings Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
Joanna Friebele Letter to the PUC CommissionersPUCT Interchange, Docket 59029 filings Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
512 filing(s).PUCT Interchange, filings index for control number 59029 Primary source, official · interchange.puc.texas.gov
514 filing(s).https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/search/filings/?UtilityType=A&Contro 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?
Oncor Electric Delivery has applied to amend its certificate of convenience and necessity to build the Longshore Switch to Drill Hole Switch transmission line. The application covers ten named counties in west Texas. The commission has it set for discussion and possible action at the open meeting on August 21st, 2026. That agenda carries this application and the Dinosaur Switch to Longshore Switch application and nothing else. The two lines meet at Longshore Switch. The commission issued its order on August 28th, 2026, amending the certificate to include the line and approving route 476. The two applications had been consolidated on the question of need and were severed again so each could take its own final order.
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 commission issued its order on August 28th, 2026. Filings stay public through the Interchange under control number 59029, and a party that wants the commission to look again files a motion for rehearing there. The commission's open meetings each begin with a public comment period on any matter within its jurisdiction.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Andrews, Culberson, Ector, Glasscock Counties and six more.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was decided on August 28th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is August 21st, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under power and the grid.
What sources back it?
Three sources back it. Three 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 October 9th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, PUCT Docket 59029, Oncor application for a second 765 kV line across ten west Texas counties. Tracked since August 20th, 2026. Last verified October 9th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0076/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0076.
Beat
Filed under Power and the grid, with every other decision on that beat.