🧾 Who Is Oncor, and Why Are They All Over Your Electric Bill?

If you live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area or anywhere north-ish in Texas, there’s a 98% chance you’ve seen the name Oncor on your electricity bill and thought:

“Wait… I didn’t sign up with Oncor. Who are these people??”

Good question.
Short answer? They’re not your provider. They’re your power delivery crew.

Let’s break it down—Watt Panda style.

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⚡ What Oncor Actually Does

Oncor isn’t the one selling you electricity. That’s your retail electricity provider (REP)—like TXU, Gexa, Direct Energy, or whoever Watt Panda helped you lock in.

Instead, Oncor is your utility company. Think of them like:

• The Amazon driver delivering a package (aka your electricity)
• The electricity babysitter making sure your power gets to you
• The people you blame when the lights go out during a thunderstorm

Here’s what they do:

• Maintain and repair power lines and poles
• Read your electric meter
• Handle outages (yes, they’re the “report outage” people)
• Charge TDU delivery fees—which show up as a line item on your bill

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📍 Where Does Oncor Deliver?

If you’re in:

• Dallas
• Fort Worth
• Arlington
• Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Waco, or surrounding suburbs…

🎯 You’re almost definitely in Oncor territory.

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🧾 Why Am I Paying Oncor If I Didn’t Choose Them?

Because in Texas, utility companies are location-based, not choice-based.

You choose your electricity provider. But your utility company is locked in by your zip code.
So if Oncor runs the wires in your area, you will see them on your bill.

Their fees—known as TDU delivery charges—cover the cost of delivering electricity to your home and maintaining the infrastructure.

💡 Pro Tip from Watt Panda: When we compare electricity plans for you, we include those TDU charges in our rate breakdown—because surprises should be for birthdays, not your light bill.

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🛑 Can I Switch From Oncor?

Nope. This isn’t cable.
You can’t ditch Oncor, sue for emotional distress, or try to swap for CenterPoint.

But good news: Watt Panda will still help you find the best plan, even if you’re locked into Oncor’s zone.

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🔌 TL;DR – Oncor at a Glance

Category	What It Means
Role	Utility company for North Texas
Region	Dallas-Fort Worth & surrounding areas
Can you switch?	Nope. Zip code decides for you
What they do	Maintain lines, fix outages, read meters
Why you pay them	Delivery fees (TDU) built into your bill

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🐼 Watt Panda’s Take:

You don’t need to call Oncor unless:

• You have a power outage
• A power line falls down
• Your meter stops acting right

For everything else? Let Watt Panda handle the plan comparison, contract negotiation, and “how do I read this bill?” headaches.

📥 Upload your bill at www.wattpanda.com and we’ll translate it like a boss. Or a panda. Or both.