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.
How to take part
The docket is set for the open meeting on August 21st, 2026 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center on University Avenue in Austin, listed as open to the public. That agenda opens with a public comment period on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction, with speakers limited to three minutes each. Filings in the docket are made through the Interchange under control number 59029.
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
- Today
- hearing
Open meeting, agenda item 2, discussion and possible action
1 day out
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.
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
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.
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 docket is set for the open meeting on August 21st, 2026 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center on University Avenue in Austin, listed as open to the public. That agenda opens with a public comment period on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction, with speakers limited to three minutes each. Filings in the docket are made through the Interchange under control number 59029.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Andrews, Culberson, Ector, Glasscock Counties and six more.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
A hearing is set for August 21st, tomorrow.
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?
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 August 20th, 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 August 20th, 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.