Delivery only
5.64¢
per kWh, 2025 average revenue
$62.35 / month at 1,106 kWh
Price +8.6% from 2024
Investor Owned · 3,545,814 residential customers · Texas
Why is the delivery charge on my Oncor bill so high?
EIA respondent: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC. Reviewed October 14, 2026.
Oncor is filed with EIA as delivery service, not a full-service retail rate. In 2025 it reported 3,545,814 residential delivery customers, average delivery revenue of 5.64¢ per kWh, and about $62.35 a month at 1,106 kWh. The energy charge is extra unless your retail plan already includes delivery. Whether a quoted plan rate includes this wires charge needs verification.
Do not line that delivery average up against Texas's all-in residential price. The state average for 2025 was 15.40¢. In July 2026 it was 15.88¢, versus 15.36¢ in July 2025 (+3.4%). Most of the gap is energy supply, not a verdict on the delivery charge.
From 2024 to 2025, the average monthly bill for delivery only changed +7.4%. Average use changed −1.1% and average price changed +8.6%. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change accounts for −$0.66 a month. The price change, applied to 2025 usage, accounts for $4.96.
EIA Form 861, 2025 final · Reviewed October 14, 2026
EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A · Reviewed October 14, 2026
The rate on the record
Investor-owned base rates are usually set in a state docket. Riders can change outside a full rate case. Average revenue per kilowatt-hour is total residential revenue divided by residential sales. It is not a tariff schedule.
| Service | Customers | Price | Monthly use | Monthly bill | Vs 2024 price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery only | 3,545,814 | 5.64¢ | 1,106 kWh | $62.35 | +8.6% |
EIA-861 sales to ultimate customers, 2025 final, compared with 2024 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Audit the delivery only average
Revenue 2,652,827 thousand dollars. Sales 47,049,703 MWh. Customers 3,545,814. Cents per kWh = revenue ÷ megawatt-hours × 100. Monthly bill = revenue × 1,000 ÷ customers ÷ 12.
Why a Oncor bill moved
Usage and price pulled in opposite directions
Hold a Oncor household to the filing average and the monthly delivery only bill changed +7.4% between those two EIA years. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change of −1.1% is worth −$0.66 a month. The price change of +8.6%, from 5.19¢ to 5.64¢, is worth $4.96 on 2025 usage.
Texas all-in price is a different bill
Oncor delivery revenue averaged 5.64¢ per kWh in 2025, about $62.35 a month at 1,106 kWh. Texas's all-in residential price was 15.40¢ for 2025 and 15.88¢ in July 2026 (+3.4% from July 2025). Most of that gap is energy you buy from a retail provider or the utility's own supply offer. Do not subtract the two cents figures and call the difference an overcharge.
Delivery only
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC shows up here as wires revenue. 3,545,814 residential delivery customers, 5.64¢ per kWh, about $62.35 a month. Shopping for a cheaper energy plan does not remove this charge.
PUCT approved a $560 million delivery increase
Public Utility Commission of Texas, Docket 58306. The PUCT's April 17, 2026 final order approves an unopposed agreement for about $565 million of base-rate revenue, less $5 million for lighting, a net $560 million. Oncor's Form 8-K describes an annual revenue requirement of about $6.97 billion, an increase of about $560 million or 8.7 percent, a capital structure of… The rate-case section has the full citation.
Season
Oncor customers in Texas average 1,106 kWh a month across the whole year, against a statewide residential average of 1,110 kWh. Summer afternoons do not look like that average. An air conditioner, a pool pump, or a hotter month can move the bill before any rider does.
Data-center load is not a line on this bill
National electricity demand is rising, and EIA points to large computing facilities. No retrieved order isolates a data-center dollar on a Oncor residential account. That pass-through needs verification.
Needs verification
EIA-861 2025 and 2024 residential sales · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Rate cases and hikes
decided · Docket 58306
PUCT approved a $560 million delivery increase
The PUCT's April 17, 2026 final order approves an unopposed agreement for about $565 million of base-rate revenue, less $5 million for lighting, a net $560 million. Oncor's Form 8-K describes an annual revenue requirement of about $6.97 billion, an increase of about $560 million or 8.7 percent, a capital structure of 56.5 percent debt and 43.5 percent equity, a 9.75 percent return on equity, and a 4.94 percent cost of debt. The case was filed in June 2025. Tariffs apply to bills rendered on and after 45 days from the order, with a 2026 surcharge for the gap back to January 1 in compliance Docket 59495. This is a delivery charge. A retail electric provider's energy price is a separate contract and was not set in this docket.
Oncor's rate-case page described the settlement as about $7 a month for a residential customer using 1,000 kWh, about 4.7 percent of the total bill. That illustration is the company's, for the settlement the commission later approved.
PUCT final order, Docket 58306 (Public Utility Commission of Texas) · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Assistance
LIHEAP is the federal bill program, and the state contact list is the place to start. A Oncor income discount, medical baseline, or budget-billing rule was not retrieved from Public Utility Commission of Texas. That offer needs verification.
LIHEAP program · State and territory contacts · Oncor site
The company homepage is linked for navigation. Program rules on that site were not reviewed. Needs verification.
LIHEAP · Reviewed October 14, 2026
How to lower the bill
- Read the kilowatt-hours against this filing's average of 1,106 kWh a month. If your use is the thing that moved, the dollar total can rise on an unchanged rate.
- The figure on this page is delivery. Compare retail energy plans separately, then add the delivery charge back. A plan that looks cheaper per kilowatt-hour can lose the comparison once the wires charge is included.
- In Texas, the expensive hours are late afternoon and early evening in summer. Raise the cooling setpoint when you are out, and run the dryer, the dishwasher, and any pool pump outside those hours if your tariff charges more then.
- Start with LIHEAP for Texas (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/map/liheap-map-state-and-territory-contact-listing). A Oncor discount beyond that program needs verification.
- If the read is marked estimated, the next actual read can true the account up or down. The tariff rule for that true-up needs verification.
Delivery only at the 2025 average price
| Monthly use | Estimated bill |
|---|---|
| 500 kWh | $28.20 |
| 750 kWh | $42.30 |
| 1,000 kWh | $56.40 |
| 1,500 kWh | $84.60 |
| 2,000 kWh | $112.80 |
Usage times the average price. At very low use, a real bill is often higher because a fixed customer charge does not shrink. The tariff needs verification.
Questions people ask
Why is my Oncor electric bill so high?
Oncor is filed with EIA as delivery service, not a full-service retail rate. In 2025 it reported 3,545,814 residential delivery customers, average delivery revenue of 5.64¢ per kWh, and about $62.35 a month at 1,106 kWh. The energy charge is extra unless your retail plan already includes delivery. Whether a quoted plan rate includes this wires charge needs verification. Do not line that delivery average up against Texas's all-in residential price. The state average for 2025 was 15.40¢. In July 2026 it was 15.88¢, versus 15.36¢ in July 2025 (+3.4%). Most of the gap is energy supply, not a verdict on the delivery charge. From 2024 to 2025, the average monthly bill for delivery only changed +7.4%. Average use changed −1.1% and average price changed +8.6%. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change accounts for −$0.66 a month. The price change, applied to 2025 usage, accounts for $4.96.
What was Oncor's average residential rate?
Using 2025 EIA-861 revenue and sales, the delivery only average was 5.64¢ per kWh. Average use was 1,106 kWh a month and the average bill was $62.35. This folds in whatever customer charges and riders the utility reported. It is not the marginal rate on your tariff.
Did Oncor raise rates?
Public Utility Commission of Texas Docket 58306 (decided): PUCT approved a $560 million delivery increase. Separately, the EIA average price moved +8.6% from 2024 to 2025. The annual average and the docket are not the same document.
What bill assistance can Oncor customers ask about?
LIHEAP is the federal program for home energy bills (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/programs/liheap). Oncor may also offer an income-qualified discount, budget billing, or a medical baseline. The current offer, income cutoff, and how to apply need verification on the utility site and with the state LIHEAP office and Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Are data centers why this bill went up?
Large computing load is raising U.S. electricity demand, and regulators can later recover new generation and wires costs from customers. EIA has not published a dollar line that isolates data centers on this utility's residential bill. That pass-through needs verification.