Oncor requesting rate increase of $98 million, their highest ever TX Cities Dispute Oncor Rate Hike By Erin Wides | May 6, 2021 at 7:02 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 7:37 PM TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Oncor customers could see an increase after the company asked for a nearly $98 million rate increase. That’s a 30 percent increase from what they requested last year. Thomas Brocato is an attorney who represents the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, and helps 163 cities in the committee get reasonable prices and reliable service. “Back in 2011 the legislature adopted a law that allowed electric utilities to come in in the first week of April each year and have what is efficiently a mini, sort of expedited limited issue rate case,” Brocato said. “That’s what we are seeing here; this is the fourth one that Oncor has filed, and it’s the largest.”