Hunt group says it’s newest plan to take over Oncor could save customers money

Biz Beat Blog – The Dallas Morning News

by Jeffrey Weiss
Updated: Hunt group says it’s newest plan to take over Oncor could save customers more than $500 million by 2021
A plan to restructure the state’s largest utility company could save electricity customers hundreds of millions of dollars, the group trying to buy Oncor said Friday.
But critics of the plan say it doesn’t balance a much larger potential tax-related windfall that could boost profits of the restructured company by about $250 million a year.
The company, led by Dallas billionaire Ray L. Hunt, that is seeking to buy Oncor and help take Texas’ largest power company out of bankruptcy filed a detailed response to the Public Utility Commission Friday. It that addresses objections raised by individuals and …

Texas Regulators Uncertain on Hunt Deal

The Texas Tribune

by Jim Malewitz
With a deadline looming, Texas regulators are struggling to make up their minds about the finer points of the Ray L. Hunt family’s $18 billion proposal to buy and reshape Oncor, the state’s biggest electric utility.
The biggest remaining sticking point is this question: Should the Dallas-based oil family allow Oncor, under a new corporate structure, to collect hundreds of millions of ratepayer dollars — normally earmarked for federal taxes — that the company wouldn’t actually have to pay?
On Thursday, Public Utility Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez said she was …