Mar 8, 2018 | Legislative Watch
Oncor, the state’s largest transmission and distribution utility, will soon have new owners. Amid applause and thank yous to gathered staff, the Texas Public Utility Commission on Thursday signed off on a multi-billion-dollar offer by California-based Sempra to...
Oct 13, 2017 | Legislative Watch
After several failed bids by unsuccessful suitors, it finally appears that Oncor Electric, the state’s largest transmission and distribution utility, may be close to changing owners. An offer by California-based Sempra Energy to acquire the utility for $9.45 billion...
Aug 16, 2017 | Legislative Watch
From Hunt to NextEra to Berkshire Hathaway to Elliott Management and now, finally, to Sempra Energy. That’s been the line-up of successive suitors – both potential and real — for Oncor Electric, the Dallas-based electric utility with 10 million Texas customers....
Feb 23, 2017 | Legislative Watch
What’s in it for us? That’s the question recently posed by Dallas Morning News columnist Mitch Schnurman regarding the proposed multi-billion-dollar acquisition of Oncor Electric by Florida-based NextEra. And it’s a key question: Oncor is the state’s largest...