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Bonham City Council votes 5-0 to deny Oncor rate increase request
Summary
At a special meeting Oct. 27, 2025, the Bonham City Council approved a resolution denying Oncor Electric Delivery Company’s proposed transmission and distribution rate increase. The minutes record a unanimous 5-0 vote; the minutes also contain an attendance inconsistency noted below.
At a special meeting Monday at Bonham City Hall, the Bonham City Council voted 5-0 to approve a resolution denying Oncor Electric Delivery Company’s requested increase to electric transmission and distribution rates. The meeting began at 2:00 p.m. and adjourned at 2:02 p.m.
The minutes state that Oncor filed a Statement of Intent on June 26, 2025, seeking higher transmission and distribution rates in all municipalities exercising original jurisdiction within its service area. The council previously suspended the proposed change on July 14, 2025, to allow legal counsel time to review the request. Although the City of Bonham is noted as not being a member of the Steering Committee of Cities, the minutes say the city follows that committee’s recommendations; the Steering Committee’s legal counsel recommended that cities deny the requested increase.
Allen Sanderson moved to approve the resolution denying Oncor’s requested rate change; the minutes record Ernie Quintana as seconding the motion. The minutes report the motion carried by a unanimous vote of 5-0. The attendance list in the same minutes identifies John Burnett (Mayor Pro tem, Ward 1) and Ernie Quintana (Council Member Ward 5) as absent; voters recorded as “yes” in the minutes are Mayor H. L. Compton, Sam Fox (Ward 2), Clark Smith (Ward 3), Allen Sanderson (Ward 4) and Kevin Hayes (Council Member-at-Large). The minutes do not explain the apparent contradiction between Quintana’s “absent” status in the attendance roster and Quintana’s appearing as the second on the motion; this inconsistency is noted in the city minutes and in this report.
Following the vote, Clark Smith moved to adjourn; the minutes again record Ernie Quintana as the second. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 2:02 p.m.
The action recorded in the minutes is a council resolution denying Oncor’s requested rate change. The minutes do not record any direct public comment, staff presentations, or additional debate on the record. The city secretary listed in the minutes is Heather Stockton, who attested to the minutes.
