# Oncor expects approximately 20% increase in next five-year capital plan

_Published Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM EST · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Oncor Electric Delivery expects its 2027-2031 base capital plan to increase approximately 20% as data-center connection requests mount, Yahoo Finance reported. The Texas utility has not finalized the forecast and expects approximately $9 billion in capital spending in 2026.

Its transmission queue contained about 293 gigawatts of data-center requests as of September 30. Those requests are neither operating facilities nor firm power commitments.

Oncor held approximately $6 billion in collateral from customers seeking generation or large commercial and industrial connections to reduce cancellation risks for existing ratepayers. Approximately $2 billion was associated with projects in ERCOT's initial large-load review; the collateral does not eliminate every potential ratepayer expense.

## Sources

- [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/oncor-eyes-bigger-texas-grid-170015265.html)

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