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Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-263939





ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC





SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO

PROSPECTUS DATED

April 8, 2022





THE DATE OF THIS SUPPLEMENT IS MAY 5, 2022







On May 5, 2022, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC filed the attached Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.





 


 

 





 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

____________________



FORM 10-Q



[] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2022



― OR ―



[   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

____________________



Commission File Number 333-100240



Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)





 

Delaware

75-2967830

(State of Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



 

1616 Woodall Rodgers Fwy.,  Dallas,  TX    75202

(214)  486-2000

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

____________________



Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



 

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

None

None

None



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes           No                 



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes        No                       



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ____    Accelerated filer ____    Non-accelerated filer  √             

Smaller reporting company___ Emerging growth company ___



If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ___



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes___ No    √   



As of May 5, 2022,  635,000,000 limited liability company membership interests of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC were outstanding, 80.25% of which were directly held by Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC and 19.75% of which were held by Texas Transmission Investment LLC.  None of the membership interests are publicly traded.







 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS



Page

GLOSSARY

PART I.      FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.        Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income —
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

Condensed Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income —
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows —
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets —
March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Item 2.        Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

27 

Item 3.        Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

39 

Item 4.        Controls and Procedures

41 

PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION

41 

Item 1.        Legal Proceedings

41 

Item 1A.     Risk Factors

41 

Item 2.        Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

41 

Item 3.        Defaults Upon Senior Securities

41 

Item 4.        MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

42 

Item 5.        Other Information

42 

Item 6.        Exhibits

43 

SIGNATURE

45 





Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor) makes its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission available to the public, free of charge, on Oncor’s website at http://www.oncor.com as soon as reasonably practicable after they have been filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The information on Oncor’s website or available by hyperlink from the website shall not be deemed a part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  The representations and warranties contained in any agreement that we have filed as an exhibit to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or that we have or may publicly file in the future may contain representations and warranties made by and to the parties thereto as of specific dates.  Such representations and warranties may be subject to exceptions and qualifications contained in separate disclosure schedules, may represent the parties’ risk allocation in the particular transaction, or may be qualified by materiality standards that differ from what may be viewed as material for securities law purposes.



This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings of Oncor occasionally make references to Oncor (or “we,” “our,” “us,” or “the company”) when describing actions, rights or obligations of Oncor and/or its subsidiaries.  These references reflect the fact that the subsidiaries are consolidated with Oncor for financial reporting purposes.  However, these references should not be interpreted to imply that Oncor is actually undertaking the action or has the rights or obligations of any subsidiary or that any subsidiary company is undertaking an action or has the rights or obligations of its parent company or of any other affiliate.

 

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GLOSSARY



 

When the following terms and abbreviations appear in the text of this report, they have the meanings indicated below.



2021 Form 10-K

Oncor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021

AFUDC

Allowance for funds used during construction

AMS

Advanced metering system

ASU

Accounting Standards Update

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019, the disease caused by the novel strain of coronavirus reported to have surfaced in late 2019, which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020

CP Notes

Unsecured commercial paper notes issued under Oncor’s CP Program

CP Program

Oncor’s commercial paper program

Credit Facility

Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2021, among Oncor, as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and swingline lender, the fronting banks from time to time party thereto,  and the other financial institutions party thereto, including Citibank N.A. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as co-sustainability structuring agents

DCRF

Distribution cost recovery factor

Deed of Trust

Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of May 15, 2008, made by Oncor to and for the benefit of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly The Bank of New York), as collateral agent, as amended

Disinterested Director

Refers to a member of our board of directors who is a “disinterested director” pursuant to our Limited Liability Company Agreement. Our Limited Liability Company Agreement requires that seven of the thirteen members of our board of directors be “disinterested directors” who (i) shall be independent directors in all material respects under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange in relation to Sempra or its subsidiaries and affiliated entities and any entity with a direct or indirect ownership interest in Oncor or Oncor Holdings, and (ii) shall have no material relationship with Sempra or its subsidiaries or affiliated entities or any entity with a direct or indirect ownership interest in Oncor or Oncor Holdings, currently or within the previous ten years

EECRF

Energy efficiency cost recovery factor

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ERCOT

Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., the independent system operator and the regional coordinator of various electricity systems within Texas

ERISA

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended

FERC

U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Fitch

Fitch Ratings, Inc. (a credit rating agency)

GAAP

Generally accepted accounting principles of the U.S.

kWh

Kilowatt-hours

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LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate, an interest rate at which banks can borrow funds, in marketable size, from other banks in the London interbank market

Limited Liability Company Agreement

The Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oncor, dated as of March 9, 2018, by and between Oncor Holdings and Texas Transmission, as amended

Moody’s

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (a credit rating agency)

NERC

North American Electric Reliability Corporation

Note Purchase Agreement

Refers to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated May 6, 2019, pursuant to which Oncor issued its 3.86% Senior Notes, Series A, due December 3, 2025 and 3.86% Senior Notes, Series B, due January 14, 2026

Oncor

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, a direct, majority-owned subsidiary of Oncor Holdings

Oncor Holdings

Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC, the direct majority owner (80.25% equity interest) of Oncor. Oncor Holdings is wholly owned by STIH

Oncor Retirement Plan

Refers to a defined benefit pension plan sponsored by Oncor

Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities

Refers to Oncor Holdings and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Oncor and Oncor’s direct and indirect subsidiaries

OPEB

Other postretirement employee benefits

OPEB Plans

Refers to plans sponsored by Oncor that offer certain postretirement health care and life insurance benefits to eligible current and former Oncor employees, as well as certain eligible current and former employees of former affiliated companies, including Vistra, and their eligible dependents

PUCT

Public Utility Commission of Texas

PURA

Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act, as amended

REP

Retail electric provider

ROU

Right-of-use

S&P

S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. (a credit rating agency)

Sempra

Sempra Energy, a California corporation doing business as Sempra

Sempra Acquisition

Refers to the transactions pursuant to which Sempra indirectly acquired the 80.03% of Oncor’s membership interests owned indirectly by Energy Future Holdings Corp. and Energy Future Intermediate Holdings Company LLC. The transactions closed March 9, 2018

Sempra Order

Refers to the final order issued by the PUCT in PUCT Docket No. 47675 approving the Sempra Acquisition

Sharyland

Refers to Sharyland Utilities, L.L.C., a subsidiary of Sharyland Holdings, L.P.

SOFR

Refers to a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate)

STH

Refers to Sempra Texas Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation, which is wholly owned by Sempra and the direct parent of STIH. Formerly Energy Future Holdings Corp. prior to the Sempra Acquisition

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STIH

Refers to Sempra Texas Intermediate Holding Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Sempra and the sole member of Oncor Holdings. Formerly Energy Future Intermediate Holdings Corp. prior to the Sempra Acquisition

TCEQ

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

TCOS

Transmission cost of service

TCRF

Transmission cost recovery factor

Texas margin tax

A privilege tax imposed on taxable entities chartered/organized or doing business in the State of Texas that, for accounting purposes, is reported as an income tax

Texas RE

Refers to Texas Reliability Entity, Inc., an independent organization that develops reliability standards for the ERCOT region and monitors and enforces compliance with NERC standards and ERCOT protocols

Texas Transmission

Refers to Texas Transmission Investment LLC, a limited liability company that owns a 19.75% equity interest in Oncor. Texas Transmission is an entity indirectly owned by OMERS Administration Corporation (acting through its infrastructure investment entity, OMERS Infrastructure Management Inc.) and GIC Private Limited

U.S.

United States of America

Vistra

Refers to Vistra Corp., and/or its subsidiaries, depending on context

Vistra Retirement Plan

Refers to a defined benefit pension plan sponsored by an affiliate of Vistra



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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION



ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME

(Unaudited)



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

(millions of dollars)

Operating revenues (Note 3)

 

$

1,249 

 

$

1,139 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wholesale transmission service

 

 

281 

 

 

249 

Operation and maintenance

 

 

249 

 

 

235 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

222 

 

 

205 

Provision in lieu of income taxes (Note 9)

 

 

42 

 

 

36 

Taxes other than amounts related to income taxes

 

 

145 

 

 

140 

Total operating expenses

 

 

939 

 

 

865 

Operating income

 

 

310 

 

 

274 

Other deductions and (income) – net (Note 10)

 

 

11 

 

 

Nonoperating benefit in lieu of income taxes

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

Interest expense and related charges (Note 10)

 

 

108 

 

 

102 

Net income

 

$

194 

 

$

168 



See Notes to Financial Statements.





CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

(millions of dollars)

Net income

 

$

194 

 

$

168 

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net effects of cash flow hedges (net of tax)

 

 

 

 

Defined benefit pension plans (net of tax)

 

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

 

$

196 

 

$

170 



See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

(millions of dollars)

Cash flows – operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

194 

 

$

168 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization, including regulatory amortization

 

 

242 

 

 

226 

Provision in lieu of deferred income taxes – net

 

 

13 

 

 

23 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regulatory accounts related to reconcilable tariffs (Note 2)

 

 

17 

 

 

 -

Other operating assets and liabilities

 

 

(193)

 

 

(183)

Cash provided by operating activities

 

 

273 

 

 

234 

Cash flows – financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuances of long-term debt (Note 5)

 

 

1,185 

 

 

470 

Repayment of long-term debt (Note 5)

 

 

(400)

 

 

 -

Net change in short-term borrowings (Note 4)

 

 

(215)

 

 

(70)

Capital contributions from members (Note 7)

 

 

106 

 

 

63 

Distributions to members (Note 7)

 

 

(106)

 

 

(96)

Cash provided by financing activities

 

 

570 

 

 

367 

Cash flows – investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(704)

 

 

(627)

Expenditures for third party in joint project

 

 

 -

 

 

(42)

Reimbursement from third party in joint project

 

 

 -

 

 

42 

Other – net 

 

 

12 

 

 

10 

Cash used in investing activities

 

 

(692)

 

 

(617)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

151 

 

 

(16)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – beginning balance

 

 

54 

 

 

27 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – ending balance

 

$

205 

 

$

11 







See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

At March 31,

 

At December 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

(millions of dollars)

ASSETS

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

104 

 

$

11 

Restricted cash, current (Note 1)

 

 

35 

 

 

13 

Trade accounts receivable – net (Note 10)

 

 

806 

 

 

738 

Amounts receivable from members related to income taxes (Note 9)

 

 

 -

 

 

Materials and supplies inventories – at average cost

 

 

190 

 

 

171 

Prepayments and other current assets

 

 

107 

 

 

101 

Total current assets

 

 

1,242 

 

 

1,040 

Restricted cash, noncurrent (Note 1)

 

 

66 

 

 

30 

Investments and other property (Note 10)

 

 

155 

 

 

155 

Property, plant and equipment – net (Note 10)

 

 

23,390 

 

 

22,954 

Goodwill (Note 1)

 

 

4,740 

 

 

4,740 

Regulatory assets (Note 2)

 

 

1,571 

 

 

1,547 

Operating lease ROU and other assets (Note 6)

 

 

169 

 

 

167 

Total assets

 

$

31,333 

 

$

30,633 



 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings (Note 4)

 

$

 -

 

$

215 

Long-term debt due currently (Note 5)

 

 

482 

 

 

882 

Trade accounts payable

 

 

422 

 

 

441 

Amounts payable to members related to income taxes (Note 9)

 

 

43 

 

 

24 

Accrued taxes other than amounts related to income taxes

 

 

119 

 

 

286 

Accrued interest

 

 

112 

 

 

89 

Operating lease and other current liabilities (Note 6)

 

 

281 

 

 

283 

Total current liabilities

 

 

1,459 

 

 

2,220 

Long-term debt, less amounts due currently (Note 5)

 

 

10,337 

 

 

9,150 

Liability in lieu of deferred income taxes (Note 9)

 

 

2,097 

 

 

2,065 

Regulatory liabilities (Note 2)

 

 

2,892 

 

 

2,876 

Employee benefit plan obligations (Note 8)

 

 

1,487 

 

 

1,503 

Operating lease and other obligations (Notes 6 and 10)

 

 

277 

 

 

231 

Total liabilities

 

 

18,549 

 

 

18,045 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Membership interests (Note 7):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital account – number of units outstanding 2022 and 2021 – 635,000,000

 

 

12,913 

 

 

12,719 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(129)

 

 

(131)

Total membership interests

 

 

12,784 

 

 

12,588 

Total liabilities and membership interests

 

$

31,333 

 

$

30,633 



See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)



1.    BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES



Description of Business



References in this report to “we,” “our,” “us” and “the company” are to Oncor and/or its subsidiaries as apparent in the context.  See “Glossary” for the definition of terms and abbreviations.



We are a regulated electricity transmission and distribution company that provides the essential service of delivering electricity safely, reliably and economically to end-use consumers through our electrical systems, as well as providing transmission grid connections to merchant generation facilities and interconnections to other transmission grids in Texas. Our transmission and distribution rates are regulated by the PUCT and certain cities, and in certain limited instances, by the FERC. We are not a seller of electricity, nor do we purchase electricity for resale. We are a direct, majority-owned subsidiary of Oncor Holdings, which is indirectly and wholly owned by Sempra. Oncor Holdings owns 80.25% of our outstanding membership interests and Texas Transmission owns 19.75% of our outstanding membership interests. We are managed as an integrated business; consequently, there is only one reportable segment.



Ring-Fencing Measures



Since 2007, various ring-fencing measures have been taken to enhance our credit quality and the separateness between the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities and entities with ownership interests in Oncor or Oncor Holdings. These ring-fencing measures serve to mitigate the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities’ credit exposure to owners of Oncor and Oncor Holdings, and to reduce the risk that the assets and liabilities of the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities would be substantively consolidated with the assets and liabilities of any direct or indirect owners of Oncor and Oncor Holdings in connection with a bankruptcy of any such entities. These measures include the November 2008 sale of 19.75% of Oncor’s equity interests to Texas Transmission.



In March 2018, Sempra indirectly acquired Oncor Holdings after obtaining various approvals, including PUCT approval through the Sempra Order, which outlines certain ring-fencing measures, governance mechanisms and restrictions that apply after the Sempra Acquisition. As a result of these ring-fencing measures, Sempra does not control Oncor, and the ring-fencing measures limit Sempra’s ability to direct the management, policies and operations of Oncor, including the deployment or disposition of Oncor’s assets, declarations of dividends, strategic planning and other important corporate issues and actions.



None of the assets of the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities are available to satisfy the debt or obligations of any Sempra entity or any other direct or indirect owner of Oncor or Oncor Holdings.  The assets and liabilities of the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities are separate and distinct from those of any Sempra entities and any other direct or indirect owner of Oncor or Oncor Holdings.  We do not bear any liability for debt or contractual obligations of Sempra and its affiliates or any other direct or indirect owner of Oncor or Oncor Holdings, and vice versa.  Accordingly, our operations are conducted, and our cash flows are managed, independently from Sempra and its affiliates and any other direct or indirect owner of Oncor or Oncor Holdings.



Oncor is a limited liability company governed by a board of directors, not its members. The Sempra Order and our Limited Liability Company Agreement require that the board of directors of Oncor consist of thirteen members, constituted as follows:



·

seven Disinterested Directors, who (i) shall be independent directors in all material respects under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange in relation to Sempra or its subsidiaries and affiliated entities and any entity with a direct or indirect ownership interest in Oncor or Oncor Holdings, and (ii) shall have no material relationship with Sempra or its subsidiaries or affiliated entities or any entity with a direct or indirect ownership interest in Oncor or Oncor Holdings, currently or within the previous ten years;  

·

two members designated by Sempra (through Oncor Holdings);

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·

two members designated by Texas Transmission; and

·

two current or former officers of Oncor (each, an Oncor Officer Director), currently Robert S. Shapard and E. Allen Nye, Jr., who are our Chairman of our board of directors and Chief Executive, respectively.



Until March 9, 2028, in order for a current or former officer of Oncor to be eligible to serve as an Oncor Officer Director, the officer cannot have worked for Sempra or any of its affiliates (excluding Oncor Holdings and Oncor) or any other entity with a direct or indirect ownership interest in Oncor or Oncor Holdings in the ten-year period prior to the date on which the officer first became employed by Oncor. Oncor Holdings, at the direction of STIH, has the right to nominate and/or seek the removal of the Oncor Officer Directors, subject to approval by a majority of the Oncor board of directors.



In addition, the Sempra Order provides that Oncor’s board of directors cannot be overruled by the board of directors of Sempra or any of its subsidiaries on dividend policy, the issuance of dividends or other distributions (except for contractual tax payments), debt issuance, capital expenditures, operation and maintenance expenditures, management and service fees, and appointment or removal of members of the board of directors, provided that certain actions may also require the additional approval of the Oncor Holdings board of directors. The Sempra Order also provides that any changes to the size, composition, structure or rights of the board of directors must first be approved by the PUCT.  In addition, if Sempra acquires Texas Transmission’s interest in Oncor, the two board of director positions on Oncor’s board of directors that Texas Transmission is entitled to appoint will be eliminated and the size of Oncor’s board of directors will be reduced by two.



Additional regulatory commitments, governance mechanisms and restrictions provided in the Sempra Order and our Limited Liability Company Agreement to ring-fence Oncor from its owners include, among others:



·

A majority of the Disinterested Directors of Oncor and the directors designated by Texas Transmission that are present and voting (of which at least one must be present and voting) must approve any annual or multi-year budget if the aggregate amount of capital expenditures or operating and maintenance expenditures in such budget is more than a 10% increase or decrease from the corresponding amounts of such expenditures in the budget for the preceding fiscal year or multi-year period, as applicable;

·

Oncor may not pay any dividends or make any other distributions (except for contractual tax payments) if a majority of its Disinterested Directors or either of the two directors appointed by Texas Transmission determines that it is in the best interests of Oncor to retain such amounts to meet expected future requirements;

·

At all times, Oncor will remain in compliance with the debt-to-equity ratio established by the PUCT from time to time for ratemaking purposes, and Oncor will not pay dividends or other distributions (except for contractual tax payments), if that payment would cause its debt-to-equity ratio to exceed the debt-to-equity ratio approved by the PUCT;

·

If the credit rating on Oncor’s senior secured debt by any of the three major rating agencies falls below BBB (or the equivalent), Oncor will suspend dividends and other distributions (except for contractual tax payments), unless otherwise allowed by the PUCT;

·

Without the prior approval of the PUCT, neither Sempra nor any of its affiliates (excluding Oncor) will incur, guaranty or pledge assets in respect of any indebtedness that is dependent on the revenues of Oncor in more than a proportionate degree than the other revenues of Sempra or on the membership interests of Oncor, and there will be no debt at STH or STIH at any time following Sempra’s acquisition of Oncor Holdings;

·

Neither Oncor nor Oncor Holdings will lend money to, borrow money from or share credit facilities with Sempra or any of its affiliates (other than Oncor subsidiaries), or any entity with a direct or indirect ownership interest in Oncor or Oncor Holdings;

·

There must be maintained certain “separateness measures” that reinforce the legal and financial separation of Oncor from its owners, including a requirement that dealings between Oncor, Oncor Holdings and their subsidiaries with Sempra, any of Sempra’s other affiliates or any entity with a direct or indirect ownership interest in Oncor or Oncor Holdings, must be on an arm’s-length basis, limitations on affiliate transactions, separate recordkeeping requirements and a prohibition on Sempra or its affiliates or any entity with a direct or indirect ownership interest in Oncor or Oncor Holdings pledging Oncor assets or membership interests for any entity other than Oncor; and

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·

Sempra will continue to hold indirectly at least 51% of the ownership interests in Oncor and Oncor Holdings for at least five years following the Sempra Acquisition, unless otherwise specifically authorized by the PUCT.



Basis of Presentation



These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes included in our 2021 Form 10-K.  In the opinion of Oncor management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations and financial position have been made.  We have evaluated all subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued.  All appropriate intercompany items and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  The results of operations for an interim period may not give a true indication of results for a full year due to seasonality.



Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP governing rate-regulated operations.  All dollar amounts in the financial statements and tables in the notes are stated in millions of U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.



Use of Estimates



Preparation of our financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the reporting of assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates and the reported amounts of revenue and expense, including fair value measurements.  In the event estimates and/or assumptions prove to be different from actual amounts, adjustments are made in subsequent periods to reflect more current information.  No material adjustments were made to previous estimates or assumptions during the current period.



Interest Rate Derivatives and Hedge Accounting



We are exposed to interest rates primarily as a result of our current and expected use of financing. We may, from time to time, utilize interest rate derivative instruments typically designated as cash flow hedges, to lock in interest rates in anticipation of future financings. We may designate an interest rate derivative instrument as a cash flow hedge if it effectively converts anticipated cash flows associated with interest payments to a fixed dollar amount. In accounting for cash flow hedges, derivative assets and liabilities are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value with an offset to other comprehensive income. Amounts remain in accumulated other comprehensive income and are reclassified into net income as the interest expense on the related debt affects net income. 



Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill



We evaluate long-lived assets (including intangible assets with finite lives) for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. 



We also evaluate goodwill for impairment annually on October 1 and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that an impairment may exist. The determination of the existence of these and other indications of impairment involves judgments that are subjective in nature and may require the use of estimates in forecasting future results and cash flows.



Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash



For purposes of reporting cash and cash equivalents, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase are considered to be cash equivalents. 



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The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to the sum of such amounts reported on the Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows:





 

 

 

 

 

 



 

At March 31,

 

At December 31,



 

2022

 

2021

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

104 

 

$

11 

Restricted cash, current (a)

 

 

35 

 

 

13 

Restricted cash, noncurrent (a)

 

 

66 

 

 

30 

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash on the Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows

 

$

205 

 

$

54 

____________

(a)

Restricted cash represents amounts deposited with Oncor by our customers that are subject to return in accordance with the PUCT rules, ERCOT requirements or our tariffs, relating to generation interconnection and construction and/or extension of electric delivery system facilities. We maintain these amounts in a separate escrow account.



Contingencies



Our financial results may be affected by judgments and estimates related to contingencies. For loss contingencies, we accrue the loss if an event has occurred on or before the balance sheet date, and:



·

information available through the date we file our financial statements indicates it is probable that a loss has been incurred, given the likelihood of uncertain future events; and

·

the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.



  We do not accrue contingencies that might result in gains. We continuously assess contingencies for litigation claims, environmental remediation and other events. See Note 6 for a discussion of contingencies.



Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting



Our Credit Facility uses LIBOR as a benchmark for establishing interest rates but incorporates a transition mechanism for the phase-out of LIBOR. In the event we modify our Credit Facility related to the phase-out of LIBOR, we will evaluate the optional expedients and exceptions under ASU No. 2020-04. The standard allows entities to account for contract modifications as an event that does not require reassessment or remeasurement (i.e., as a continuation of the existing contract).

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2.    REGULATORY MATTERS



Regulatory Assets and Liabilities  



Recognition of regulatory assets and liabilities and the periods over which they are to be recovered or refunded through rate regulation reflect the decisions of the PUCT.  Components of our regulatory assets and liabilities and their remaining recovery periods as of March 31, 2022 are provided in the table below. Amounts not currently earning a return through rate regulation are noted.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Remaining Rate Recovery/Amortization Period

 

 

 

 



 

At March 31, 2022

 

At March 31, 2022

 

At December 31, 2021

Regulatory assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee retirement liability (a)(b)(c)

 

To be determined

 

$

323 

 

$

328 

Employee retirement costs being amortized 

 

6 years

 

 

183 

 

 

193 

Employee retirement costs incurred since the last rate review period (b)

 

To be determined

 

 

97 

 

 

99 

Self-insurance reserve (primarily storm recovery costs) being amortized

 

6 years

 

 

213 

 

 

223 

Self-insurance reserve incurred since the last rate review period (primarily storm related) (b)

 

To be determined

 

 

429 

 

 

373 

Debt reacquisition costs

 

Lives of related debt

 

 

18 

 

 

19 

Under-recovered AMS costs

 

6 years

 

 

123 

 

 

128 

Energy efficiency performance bonus (a)

 

1 year or less

 

 

23 

 

 

31 

Wholesale distribution substation service

 

To be determined

 

 

81 

 

 

75 

Unrecovered expenses related to COVID-19

 

To be determined

 

 

35 

 

 

35 

Recoverable deferred income taxes - net

 

Various

 

 

17 

 

 

16 

Uncollectible payments from REPs (b)

 

To be determined

 

 

 

 

Other regulatory assets

 

Various

 

 

20 

 

 

18 

Total regulatory assets

 

 

 

 

1,571 

 

 

1,547 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated net removal costs

 

Lives of related assets

 

 

1,370 

 

 

1,348 

Excess deferred taxes

 

Primarily over lives of related assets

 

 

1,425 

 

 

1,442 

Over-recovered wholesale transmission service expense (a)

 

1 year or less

 

 

 

 

Unamortized gain on reacquisition of debt

 

Lives of related debt

 

 

26 

 

 

26 

Employee retirement costs over-recovered since last rate review period (b)

 

To be determined

 

 

45 

 

 

39 

Other regulatory liabilities

 

Various

 

 

20 

 

 

14 

Total regulatory liabilities

 

 

 

 

2,892 

 

 

2,876 

Net regulatory assets (liabilities)

 

 

 

$

(1,321)

 

$

(1,329)

____________

(a)

Not earning a return in the regulatory rate-setting process.

(b)

Recovery/refund is specifically authorized by statute or by the PUCT, subject to reasonableness review.

(c)

Represents unfunded liabilities recorded in accordance with pension and OPEB accounting standards.





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Base Rate Review Filing Deadline (PUCT Docket No. 52100)



On May 10, 2021, we filed an application with the PUCT requesting to extend our base rate review filing deadline from October 1, 2021 to June 1, 2022. On July 29, 2021, the PUCT approved an order granting the extension. As a result, our next base rate review must be filed on or before June 1, 2022.



PUCT Project No. 50664, Issues Related to the State of Disaster for the Coronavirus Disease 2019  



In March 2020, the PUCT issued an order in PUCT Project No. 50664, Issues Related to the State of Disaster for the Coronavirus Disease 2019, authorizing transmission and distribution utilities to use a regulatory asset accounting mechanism and a subsequent process to seek future recovery of expenses resulting from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, we have been recording incremental costs incurred by Oncor resulting from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including costs relating to the implementation of our pandemic readiness plan, as a regulatory asset. At March 31, 2022, the balance of this regulatory asset was $35 million.

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3.   REVENUES



General



Our revenue is billed monthly under tariffs approved by the PUCT and the majority of revenues are related to providing electric delivery service to consumers.  Tariff rates are designed to recover the cost of providing electric delivery service to customers including a reasonable rate of return on invested capital.  As the volumes delivered can be directly measured, our revenues are recognized when the underlying service has been provided in an amount prescribed by the related tariff. We recognize revenue in the amount that we have the right to invoice.  Substantially all of our revenues are from contracts with customers except for alternative revenue program revenues discussed below.



Reconcilable Tariffs



The PUCT has designated certain tariffs (primarily TCRF and EECRF) as reconcilable, which means the differences between amounts billed under these tariffs and the related incurred costs are deferred as either regulatory assets or regulatory liabilities.  Accordingly, at prescribed intervals, future tariffs are adjusted to either repay regulatory liabilities or collect regulatory assets. 



Alternative Revenue Program 



The PUCT has implemented an incentive program allowing us to earn energy efficiency program performance bonuses by exceeding PUCT-approved energy efficiency program targets. This incentive program and the related performance bonus revenues are considered an “alternative revenue program” under GAAP.  Annual performance bonuses are recognized as revenue when approved by the PUCT, typically in the third or fourth quarter each year. 



Disaggregation of Revenues 



The following table reflects electric delivery revenues disaggregated by tariff:



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,



 

2022

 

2021

Operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues contributing to earnings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution base revenues

 

$

578 

 

$

540 

Transmission base revenues (TCOS revenues):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billed to third-party wholesale customers

 

 

233 

 

 

208 

Billed to REPs serving Oncor distribution customers, through TCRF

 

 

130 

 

 

114 

Total transmission base revenues

 

 

363 

 

 

322 

Other miscellaneous revenues

 

 

18 

 

 

17 

Total revenues contributing to earnings

 

 

959 

 

 

879 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues collected for pass-through expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCRF – third-party wholesale transmission service

 

 

281 

 

 

249 

EECRF

 

 

 

 

11 

Total revenues collected for pass-through expenses

 

 

290 

 

 

260 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

 

$

1,249 

 

$

1,139 



Customers



Our distribution business customers consist of REPs (approximately 95 at March 31, 2022) and certain electric cooperatives in our certificated service area.  The consumers of the electricity we deliver are free to choose their

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electricity supplier from REPs who compete for their business. Our transmission base revenues are collected from load serving entities benefiting from our transmission system. Our transmission business customers consist of other distribution companies, municipalities and electric cooperatives. REP subsidiaries of our two largest customers collectively represented 26% and 24% of our total operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2022.  No other customer represented more than 10% of our total operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2022.



Variability



Our revenues and cash flows are subject to seasonality, timing of customer billings, weather conditions and other electricity usage drivers, with revenues being highest in the summer. Payment of customer billings is due 35 days after invoicing. Under a PUCT rule relating to the Certification of Retail Electric Providers, write-offs of uncollectible amounts owed by REPs are recoverable as a regulatory asset. 



Pass-through Expenses



Revenue equal to expenses that are allowed to be passed-through to customers (primarily third-party wholesale transmission service and energy efficiency program costs) are recognized at the time the expense is recognized. Franchise taxes are assessed by local governmental bodies, based on kWh delivered and are not a “pass-through” item.  The rates we charge customers are intended to recover the franchise taxes, but we are not acting as an agent to collect the taxes from customers; therefore, franchise taxes are reported as a principal component of “taxes other than amounts related to income taxes” instead of a reduction to “revenues” in the income statement.  





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4.    SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS



At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, outstanding short-term borrowings under our Credit Facility and CP Program consisted of the following:



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

At March 31,

 

At December 31,



 

2022

 

2021

Total credit facility borrowing capacity

 

$

2,000 

 

$

2,000 

Credit facility outstanding borrowings

 

 

 -

 

 

 -

Commercial paper outstanding (a)

 

 

 -

 

 

(215)

Letters of credit outstanding (b)

 

 

 -

 

 

(8)

Available unused credit

 

$

2,000 

 

$

1,777 

____________

(a)

The weighted average interest rate on commercial paper was 0.30% at December 31, 2021.

(b)

The interest rate on outstanding letters of credit was 1.20% at December 31, 2021, based on our credit ratings.

 

Credit Facility     



In November 2021, we entered into a $2.0 billion unsecured revolving Credit Facility that includes sustainability-linked pricing metrics related to specific environmental and employee health and safety sustainability objectives. The Credit Facility may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, issuances of letters of credit and to support our CP Program. The Credit Facility has a maturity date of November 9, 2026. We also have the option of requesting up to two 1-year extensions and an option to request an increase in our borrowing capacity of up to $400 million in $100 million minimum increments, provided certain conditions set forth in the Credit Facility are met, including lender approvals.



CP Program



In March 2018, we established the CP Program, under which we may issue unsecured CP Notes on a private placement basis up to a maximum aggregate face or principal amount outstanding at any time of $2.0 billion.  The proceeds of CP Notes issued under the CP Program are used for working capital and general corporate purposes. The CP Program obtains liquidity support from our Credit Facility discussed above. We may utilize either the CP Program or the Credit Facility, at our option, to meet our funding needs.

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5.    LONG-TERM DEBT



Our long-term debt includes fixed rate secured and variable rate unsecured debt. Our secured debt is secured equally and ratably by a first priority lien on certain transmission and distribution assets.  See “Deed of Trust” below for additional information. At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, our long-term debt consisted of the following:



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

At March 31,

 

At December 31,



 

2022

 

2021

Fixed Rate Secured:

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.10%  Senior Notes due June 1, 2022 (a)

 

$

 -

 

$

400 

7.00%  Debentures due September 1, 2022

 

 

482 

 

 

482 

2.75%  Senior Notes due June 1, 2024

 

 

500 

 

 

500 

2.95%  Senior Notes due April 1, 2025

 

 

350 

 

 

350 

0.55%  Senior Notes due October 1, 2025

 

 

450 

 

 

450 

3.86%  Senior Notes Series A, due December 3, 2025

 

 

174 

 

 

174 

3.86%  Senior Notes Series B, due January 14, 2026

 

 

38 

 

 

38 

3.70%  Senior Notes due November 15, 2028

 

 

650 

 

 

650 

5.75%  Senior Notes due March 15, 2029

 

 

318 

 

 

318 

2.75%  Senior Notes due May 15, 2030

 

 

700 

 

 

700 

7.00%  Senior Notes due May 1, 2032

 

 

494 

 

 

494 

7.25%  Senior Notes due January 15, 2033

 

 

323 

 

 

323 

7.50%  Senior Notes due September 1, 2038

 

 

300 

 

 

300 

5.25%  Senior Notes due September 30, 2040

 

 

475 

 

 

475 

4.55%  Senior Notes due December 1, 2041

 

 

400 

 

 

400 

5.30%  Senior Notes due June 1, 2042

 

 

348 

 

 

348 

3.75%  Senior Notes due April 1, 2045

 

 

550 

 

 

550 

3.80%  Senior Notes due September 30, 2047

 

 

325 

 

 

325 

4.10%  Senior Notes due November 15, 2048

 

 

450 

 

 

450 

3.80%  Senior Notes due June 1, 2049

 

 

500 

 

 

500 

3.10%  Senior Notes due September 15, 2049

 

 

700 

 

 

700 

3.70%  Senior Notes due May 15, 2050

 

 

400 

 

 

400 

2.70%  Senior Notes due November 15, 2051

 

 

500 

 

 

500 

5.35%  Senior Notes due October 1, 2052

 

 

300 

 

 

300 

Fixed rate secured long-term debt

 

 

9,727 

 

 

10,127 

Variable Rate Unsecured:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term loan credit agreement maturing April 29, 2023

 

 

1,185 

 

 

 -

Variable rate unsecured long-term debt

 

 

1,185 

 

 

 -

Total long-term debt

 

 

10,912 

 

 

10,127 

Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs

 

 

(93)

 

 

(95)

Less amount due currently

 

 

(482)

 

 

(882)

       Long-term debt, less amounts due currently

 

$

10,337 

 

$

9,150 

____________

(a)

In March 2022, we redeemed in full the $400 million aggregate principal amount of the notes that were to mature on June 1, 2022. See “2022 Notes Redemption” below for more information.

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Long-Term Debt-Related Activity in 2022



January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement



On January 28, 2022, we entered into an unsecured term loan credit agreement with a commitment equal to an aggregate principal amount of $1.30 billion (January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement). The January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement matures on April 29, 2023. The January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement provides that we can borrow up to the full amount in up to four borrowings, at our option, at any time before April 28, 2022. Under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement, we borrowed $400 million on January 28, 2022,  $600 million on February 28, 2022 (the February 2022 borrowing), $185 million on March 28, 2022, and $115 million on April 28, 2022 (the April 2022 borrowing). At March 31, 2022, aggregate borrowings under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement totaled $1.185 billion. Following the April 2022 borrowing, no remaining borrowings are available under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement. The proceeds from each borrowing were used for general corporate purposes, including to repay outstanding CP Notes and, in the case of the February 2022 borrowing, to redeem $400 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of our 4.10% Senior Secured Notes due June 1, 2022 (2022 notes), plus accrued and unpaid interest on the 2022 notes. Loans under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement bear interest, at our option, at either (i) an adjusted term SOFR (calculated based on one-month term SOFR as of a specified date, plus an adjustment of 0.10% (SOFR Adjustment)) plus a spread of 0.575%, (ii) an adjusted daily simple SOFR (calculated based on daily simple SOFR as of a specified date, plus the SOFR Adjustment) plus a spread of 0.575%, or (iii) for any day, at a rate equal to the greatest of: (1) the prime rate publicly announced by the administrative agent on such date, (2) the federal funds effective rate on such date plus 0.50%, and (3) daily simple SOFR on such date, plus 1.0%.



2022 Notes Redemption 



On March 1, 2022, we redeemed in full the $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2022 notes that were outstanding, which were to mature on June 1, 2022. The redemption price was equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2022 notes, plus accrued interest to, but not including, the redemption date of March 1, 2022. Following the redemption of the 2022 notes, none of the 2022 notes remained outstanding.



Deed of Trust



Our secured debt is secured equally and ratably by a first priority lien on all property acquired or constructed by Oncor for use in its electricity transmission and distribution business, subject to certain exceptions. The property is mortgaged under the Deed of Trust.  The Deed of Trust permits us to secure indebtedness with the lien of the Deed of Trust up to the aggregate of (i) the amount of available bond credits, and (ii) 85% of the lower of the fair value or cost of certain property additions that could be certified to the Deed of Trust collateral agent.  At March 31, 2022, the amount of available bond credits was $2.112 billion and the amount of future debt we could secure with property additions, subject to those property additions being certified to the Deed of Trust collateral agent, was $5.110 billion.

 

Borrowings under the CP Program, the Credit Facility and January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement are not secured.



Fair Value of Long-Term Debt



At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the estimated fair value of our long-term debt (including current maturities) totaled $11.476 billion and $11.758 billion, respectively, and the carrying amount totaled $10.819 billion and $10.032 billion, respectively.  The fair value is estimated using observable market data, representing Level 2 valuations under accounting standards related to the determination of fair value.



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6.    COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES



Legal/Regulatory Proceedings



We are involved in various legal and administrative proceedings in the normal course of business, the ultimate resolution of which, in the opinion of management, should not have a material effect upon our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.  See Note 2 above and Note 7 to Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information regarding our regulatory and legal proceedings, respectively.



Leases



As lessee, our leased assets primarily consist of our vehicle fleet and real estate leased for company offices and service centers.  Our leases are accounted for as operating leases for GAAP purposes. At March 31, 2022, we had $5 million in GAAP operating leases that are treated as capital leases solely for rate-making purposes. We generally recognize operating lease costs on a straight-line basis over the lease term in operating expenses.  We are not a lessor to any material lease contracts. See Note 7 to Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information on leases.



Sales and Use Tax Audits



We are subject to sales and use tax audits in the normal course of business. Currently, the Texas State Comptroller’s office is conducting sales and use tax audits for audit periods 2010 through June 2013, July 2013 through 2017,  and 2018 through 2021. No audit reports have been issued for these audits. While the outcome is uncertain, based on our analysis, the ultimate resolution of these audits should not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.





7.    MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS



Contributions





We received cash capital contributions from our members on February 17, 2022 and April 26, 2022 each totaling $106 million.



Distributions





The Sempra Order and our Limited Liability Company Agreement set forth various restrictions on distributions to our members. Among those restrictions is the commitment that we will make no distributions (other than contractual tax payments) to our members that would cause us to exceed the PUCT’s authorized debt-to-equity ratio. Our current authorized regulatory capital structure is 57.5% debt to 42.5% equity. The distribution restrictions also include the ability of a majority of our Disinterested Directors, or either of the two member directors designated by Texas Transmission, to limit distributions to the extent each determines it is necessary to meet expected future requirements of Oncor (including continuing compliance with the PUCT debt-to-equity ratio commitment).  At March 31, 2022, our regulatory capitalization was 54.4% debt to 45.6% equity and as a result we had $1.074 billion available to distribute to our members.



The PUCT has the authority to determine what types of debt and equity are included in a utility’s debt-to-equity ratio.  For purposes of this ratio, debt is calculated as long-term debt including any finance leases plus unamortized gains on reacquired debt less unamortized issuance expenses, premiums and losses on reacquired debt.  Equity is calculated as membership interests determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss and the effects of acquisition accounting from a 2007 transaction.



On February 18, 2022, our board of directors declared a cash distribution of $106 million, which was paid to our members on February 18, 2022.  On April 27, 2022, our board of directors declared a cash distribution of $106 million, which was paid to our members on April 28, 2022.

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Membership Interests



The following tables present the changes to membership interests during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, net of tax: 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Capital Accounts

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

Total Membership Interests

Balance at December 31, 2021

$

12,719 

 

$

(131)

 

$

12,588 

Net income

 

194 

 

 

 -

 

 

194 

Capital contributions

 

106 

 

 

 -

 

 

106 

Distributions

 

(106)

 

 

 -

 

 

(106)

Net effects of cash flow hedges

 

 -

 

 

 

 

Defined benefit pension plans

 

 -

 

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2022

$

12,913 

 

$

(129)

 

$

12,784 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

$

12,083 

 

$

(151)

 

$

11,932 

Net income

 

168 

 

 

 -

 

 

168 

Capital contributions

 

63 

 

 

 -

 

 

63 

Distributions

 

(96)

 

 

 -

 

 

(96)

Net effects of cash flow hedges

 

 -

 

 

 

 

Defined benefit pension plans

 

 -

 

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2021

$

12,218 

 

$

(149)

 

$

12,069 



Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (AOCI)



The following table presents the changes to AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, net of tax:







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Cash Flow Hedges – Interest Rate Swaps

 

Defined Benefit Pension and OPEB Plans

 

Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Balance at December 31, 2021

$

(36)

 

$

(95)

 

$

(131)

Defined benefit pension plans

 

 -

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedge amounts reclassified from AOCI and reported in interest expense and related charges (net of tax expense of $0)

 

 

 

 -

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2022

$

(35)

 

$

(94)

 

$

(129)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

$

(39)

 

$

(112)

 

$

(151)

Defined benefit pension plans

 

 -

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedge amounts reclassified from AOCI and reported in interest expense and related charges (net of tax expense of $0)

 

 

 

 -

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2021

$

(38)

 

$

(111)

 

$

(149)















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8.    PENSION AND OPEB PLANS



Pension Plans



We sponsor the Oncor Retirement Plan and also have liabilities related to the Vistra Retirement Plan, both of which are qualified pension plans under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and are subject to the provisions of ERISA.  Employees do not contribute to either plan.  We also have a supplemental retirement plan for certain employees whose retirement benefits cannot be fully earned under the qualified retirement plans. See Note 9 to Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information regarding pension plans.



OPEB Plans



We currently sponsor two OPEB plans. One plan covers our eligible current and future retirees whose services are 100% attributed to the regulated business.  The second plan covers retirees and eligible current and future retirees whose employment services were assigned to both Oncor (or a predecessor regulated utility business) and the non-regulated business of formerly affiliated companies including Vistra.  Vistra is solely responsible for its portion of the liability for retiree benefits related to those retirees.  See Note 9 to Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K for additional information.



Pension and OPEB Costs



Our net costs related to pension plans and the OPEB Plans for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, were comprised of the following:



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,



 

2022

 

2021

Components of net allocated pension costs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

 

$

Interest cost

 

 

22 

 

 

21 

Expected return on assets

 

 

(26)

 

 

(25)

Amortization of net loss

 

 

 

 

13 

Net pension costs

 

 

12 

 

 

18 

Components of net OPEB costs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

 

 

 

Interest cost

 

 

 

 

Expected return on assets

 

 

(2)

 

 

(1)

Amortization of prior service cost

 

 

 -

 

 

(4)

Amortization of net loss

 

 

 -

 

 

Net OPEB costs

 

 

 

 

Total net pension and OPEB costs

 

 

17 

 

 

24 

Less amounts deferred principally as property, regulatory asset or regulatory liability

 

 

 

 

(5)

Net amounts recognized as operation and maintenance expense or other deductions

 

$

18 

 

$

19 



The discount rates reflected in net pension and OPEB costs in 2022 are 2.91%, 2.94% and 2.47% for the Oncor Retirement Plan, the Vistra Retirement Plan and the OPEB Plans, respectively.  The expected return on pension and OPEB plan assets reflected in the 2022 cost amounts are 4.87%, 4.66% and 5.61% for the Oncor Retirement Plan, the Vistra Retirement Plan and the OPEB Plans, respectively.



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Pension Plans and OPEB Plans Cash Contributions



We made cash contributions to the pension plans and OPEB Plans of $1 million and $9 million, respectively, during the three months ended March 31, 2022.  We expect to make additional cash contributions to the pension plans and OPEB Plans of $4 million and $26 million, respectively, during the remainder of 2022.  Our pension plans and OPEB Plans funding is expected to total approximately $90 million and $177 million, respectively, in the five-year period from 2022 to 2026 based on the latest actuarial projections. 



9.   RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS



The following represent our significant related-party transactions.



·

We are not a member of another entity’s consolidated tax group, but our owners’ federal income tax returns include their portion of our results.  Under the terms of a tax sharing agreement among us, Oncor Holdings, Texas Transmission and STH, we are generally obligated to make payments to our owners, pro rata in accordance with their respective membership interests, in an aggregate amount that is substantially equal to the amount of federal income taxes that we would have been required to pay if we were filing our own corporate income tax return.  STH will file a combined Texas margin tax return that includes our results and our share of Texas margin tax payments, which are accounted for as income taxes and calculated as if we were filing our own return.  See discussion in Note 1 to Financial Statements in our 2021 Form 10-K under “Provision in Lieu of Income Taxes.”  Under the “in lieu of” tax concept, all in lieu of tax assets and tax liabilities represent amounts that will eventually be settled with our members.  In the event such amounts are not paid under the tax sharing agreement, it is probable that these regulatory amounts will continue to be included in Oncor’s rate setting processes.



Amounts payable to (receivable from) members related to income taxes under the tax sharing agreement and reported on our balance sheets consisted of the following:



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



At March 31, 2022

 

At December 31, 2021



STH

 

Texas Transmission

 

Total

 

STH

 

Texas Transmission

 

Total



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal income taxes payable (receivable)

$

10 

 

$

 

$

13 

 

$

(5)

 

$

(1)

 

$

(6)

Texas margin tax payable

 

30 

 

 

-

 

 

30 

 

 

24 

 

 

-

 

 

24 

Net payable (receivable)

$

40 

 

$

 

$

43 

 

$

19 

 

$

(1)

 

$

18 



There were no cash payments made to (received from) members related to income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.



See Note 7 for information regarding cash capital contributions from and distributions to members.



·

Sempra owns an indirect 50 percent interest in the parent of Sharyland. Sharyland provided wholesale transmission service to us in the amount of $2 million and $3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, at rates set pursuant to PUCT-approved tariffs. Pursuant to an operation agreement between us and Sharyland that was entered into in connection with a PUCT order, we provide Sharyland with substation monitoring and switching services. These services totaled less than $1 million in each of the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.



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10.   SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION



Other Deductions and (Income)



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional fees

 

$

 

$

Recoverable pension and OPEB – non-service costs

 

 

13 

 

 

13 

AFUDC – equity income

 

 

(6)

 

 

(6)

Interest and investment income

 

 

 

 

(3)

Other

 

 

 -

 

 

Total other deductions and (income) – net

 

$

11 

 

$



Interest Expense and Related Charges





 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

 

 

Interest

 

$

108 

 

$

102 

Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts

 

 

 

 

Less AFUDC – capitalized interest portion

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

Total interest expense and related charges

 

$

108 

 

$

102 



Trade Accounts and Other Receivables



Trade accounts and other receivables reported on our balance sheets consisted of the following:



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

At March 31,

 

At December 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross trade accounts and other receivables

 

$

819 

 

$

750 

Allowance for uncollectible accounts

 

 

(13)

 

 

(12)

Trade accounts receivable – net

 

$

806 

 

$

738 



At March 31, 2022, REP subsidiaries of our two largest customers represented 24% and 23% of the trade accounts receivable balance. At December 31, 2021, REP subsidiaries of our two largest customers represented 22% and 21% of the trade accounts receivable balance.



Under a PUCT rule relating to the Certification of Retail Electric Providers, write-offs of uncollectible amounts owed by REPs are deferred as a regulatory asset. 

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Investments and Other Property



Investments and other property reported on our balance sheets consisted of the following:



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

At March 31,

 

At December 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets related to employee benefit plans

 

$

133 

 

$

133 

Land

 

 

20 

 

 

20 

Other

 

 

 

 

Total investments and other property

 

$

155 

 

$

155 



Property, Plant and Equipment



Property, plant and equipment – net reported on our balance sheets consisted of the following:



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Composite Depreciation Rate/

 

At March 31,

 

At December 31,



 

Average Life at March 31, 2022

 

2022

 

2021

Assets in service:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution

 

2.5% / 39.5 years

 

$

16,244 

 

$

15,994 

Transmission

 

2.9% / 34.6 years

 

 

13,083 

 

 

13,075 

Other assets

 

5.8% / 17.3 years

 

 

1,972 

 

 

1,960 

Total

 

 

 

 

31,299 

 

 

31,029 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

 

 

8,771 

 

 

8,659 

Net of accumulated depreciation

 

 

 

 

22,528 

 

 

22,370 

Construction work in progress

 

 

 

 

835 

 

 

557 

Held for future use

 

 

 

 

27 

 

 

27 

Property, plant and equipment – net

 

 

 

$

23,390 

 

$

22,954 



Intangible Assets



Intangible assets (other than goodwill) reported on our balance sheets as part of property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



At March 31, 2022

 

At December 31, 2021



Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 



Carrying

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Accumulated

 

 

 



Amount

 

Amortization

 

Net

 

Amount

 

Amortization

 

Net



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identifiable intangible assets subject to amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land easements

$

643 

 

$

119 

 

$

524 

 

$

641 

 

$

117 

 

$

524 

Capitalized software

 

1,075 

 

 

468 

 

 

607 

 

 

1,066 

 

 

451 

 

 

615 

Total

$

1,718 

 

$

587 

 

$

1,131 

 

$

1,707 

 

$

568 

 

$

1,139 



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Aggregate amortization expenses for intangible assets totaled $19 million and $17 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The estimated annual amortization expense for the five-year period from 2022 to 2026 is as follows:



 

 

 

Year

 

Amortization Expense

2022

 

$

75 

2023

 

$

75 

2024

 

$

74 

2025

 

$

74 

2026

 

$

74 



Operating Lease and Other Obligations



Operating lease and other obligations reported on our balance sheets consisted of the following:



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

At March 31,

 

At December 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

$

135 

 

$

133 

Investment tax credits

 

 

 

 

Customer deposits – noncurrent

 

 

66 

 

 

30 

Other 

 

 

72 

 

 

64 

Total operating lease and other obligations

 

$

277 

 

$

231 



Supplemental Cash Flow Information  



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,



 

2022

 

2021



 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments (receipts) related to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

84 

 

$

80 

Less capitalized interest

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

Interest payments (net of amounts capitalized)

 

$

81 

 

$

77 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction expenditures financed through accounts payable (investing) (a)

 

$

194 

 

$

182 

ROU assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations (investing)

 

$

13 

 

$

______________

(a)

Represents end-of-period accruals.

     

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ITEM 2.   MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS



The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements (Financial Statements) and the notes to those statements herein, as well as the consolidated financial statements,  the notes to those statements and Item 1A. Risk Factors” contained in our 2021 Form 10-K.



All dollar amounts in the tables in the following discussion and analysis are stated in millions of U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.



BUSINESS



We are a regulated electricity transmission and distribution company that provides the essential service of delivering electricity safely, reliably and economically to end-use consumers through our electrical systems, as well as providing transmission grid connections to merchant generation facilities and interconnections to other transmission grids in Texas. Our transmission and distribution rates are regulated by the PUCT and certain cities, and in certain limited instances, by the FERC. We are not a seller of electricity, nor do we purchase electricity for resale. We are a direct, majority-owned subsidiary of Oncor Holdings, which is indirectly and wholly owned by Sempra. Oncor Holdings owns 80.25% of our outstanding membership interests and Texas Transmission owns 19.75% of our outstanding membership interests. We are managed as an integrated business; consequently, there is only one reportable segment.



Ring-Fencing Measures



Various ring-fencing measures have been taken to enhance our credit quality and the separateness between the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities, Sempra and its affiliates (other than the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities), and any other entities with a direct or indirect ownership interest in Oncor or Oncor Holdings.  These ring-fencing measures serve to mitigate the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities’ credit exposure to Sempra and its affiliates and any other direct or indirect owners of Oncor and Oncor Holdings, and to reduce the risk that the assets and liabilities of the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities would be substantively consolidated with the assets and liabilities of any Sempra entity or any other direct or indirect owners of Oncor and Oncor Holdings in connection with a bankruptcy of any such entities. Such measures include, among other things: the 19.75% equity interest held by Texas Transmission; maintenance of separate books and records for the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities; and our board of directors being comprised of a majority of Disinterested Directors.  As a result, none of the assets of the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities are available to satisfy the debt or obligations of any Sempra entity or any other direct or indirect owner of Oncor or Oncor Holdings.  The assets and liabilities of the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities are separate and distinct from those of any Sempra entities and any other direct or indirect owner of Oncor or Oncor Holdings.  We do not bear any liability for debt or contractual obligations of Sempra and its affiliates or any other direct or indirect owner of Oncor or Oncor Holdings, and vice versa.  Accordingly, our operations are conducted, and our cash flows are managed, independently from Sempra and its affiliates and any other direct or indirect owner of Oncor or Oncor Holdings. For more information on the ring-fencing measures, see Note 1 to Financial Statements.



Significant Activities and Events   



COVID-19 Pandemic — To date, the COVID-19 pandemic has not had a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, or results of operations. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic does impact our results will ultimately depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain, including if circumstances related to the pandemic worsen, the severity and spread of COVID-19 and its variants, the duration of the pandemic and governmental actions to address the pandemic or mitigate its economic, public health and other impacts. We continue to actively monitor the pandemic and governmental requirements, and management may implement or rescind precautionary measures as it deems necessary based on the state of the pandemic.

   

The PUCT has authorized transmission and distribution utilities to use a regulatory asset accounting mechanism and a subsequent process to seek future recovery of expenses resulting from the effects of the COVID-

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19 pandemic. As a result, we are recording the incremental costs incurred by Oncor resulting from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including costs relating to the implementation of our pandemic readiness plan, as a regulatory asset. At March 31, 2022, the balance of this regulatory asset was $35 million. We expect COVID-19 pandemic related costs, including costs related to our pandemic readiness plan, to continue throughout the pandemic, and depending on the duration of the pandemic, total expenditures deferred as a regulatory asset could continue to increase. For more information on recovery of regulatory assets and liabilities, see Note 2 to Financial Statements and Note 1 to financial statements in our 2021 Form 10-K.



Rate regulation is premised on the full recovery of prudently incurred costs. The regulatory assets we have established with respect to COVID-19 pandemic costs that we have incurred and may continue to incur are subject to PUCT review for reasonableness and possible disallowance in our next base rate review. Any failure to recover such costs could have an adverse effect on our cash flows, liquidity, financial condition and/or results of operations.



Long-Term Debt-Related Activities — On January 28, 2022, we entered into an unsecured $1.30 billion term loan credit agreement (January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement). We borrowed $400 million on January 28, 2022, $600 million on February 28, 2022 (the February 2022 borrowing), $185 million on March 28, 2022, and $115 million on April 28, 2022 (the April 2022 borrowing) under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement. As of March 31, 2022, $1.185 billion aggregate principal amount was outstanding under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement. Following the April 2022 borrowing, no remaining borrowings are available under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement. In addition, on March 1, 2022, we redeemed all of our outstanding 4.10% Senior Secured Notes due June 1, 2022 (2022 notes), totaling an aggregate principal amount of $400 million. See Note 5 to Financial Statements and “—Financial Condition—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Long-Term Debt Activity” below for more details.      



Matters with the PUCT  See Note 2 to Financial Statements for a discussion of significant PUCT matters.



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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS      



Operating Data



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Twelve Months Ended March 31,

 

%



 

2022

 

2021

 

Change

Reliability statistics (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) (nonstorm)

 

79.3 

 

81.0 

 

(2.1)

System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) (nonstorm)

 

1.3 

 

1.3 

 

0.0 

Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI) (nonstorm)

 

59.2 

 

61.8 

 

(4.2)



 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity points of delivery (in thousands at end of period):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity distribution points of delivery

(based on number of active meters)

 

3,848 

 

3,781 

 

1.8 

____________

(a)

SAIDI is the average number of minutes electric service is interrupted per consumer in a year.  SAIFI is the average number of electric service interruptions per consumer in a year.  CAIDI is the average duration in minutes per electric service interruption in a year. Each of these results excludes outages during significant storm events.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

%



 

2022

 

2021

 

Change

Operating statistics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric energy volumes (gigawatt-hours):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential

 

11,376 

 

10,906 

 

4.3 

Commercial, industrial, small business and other

 

22,335 

 

19,771 

 

13.0 

Total electric energy volumes

 

33,711 

 

30,677 

 

9.9 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

$



 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Change

Operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues contributing to earnings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution base revenues (a)

 

$

578 

 

$

540 

 

$

38 

Transmission base revenues (TCOS revenues):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billed to third-party wholesale customers

 

 

233 

 

 

208 

 

 

25 

Billed to REPs serving Oncor distribution customers, through TCRF

 

 

130 

 

 

114 

 

 

16 

Total transmission base revenues

 

 

363 

 

 

322 

 

 

41 

Other miscellaneous revenues

 

 

18 

 

 

17 

 

 

Total revenues contributing to earnings

 

 

959 

 

 

879 

 

 

80 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues collected for pass-through expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCRF – third-party wholesale transmission service

 

 

281 

 

 

249 

 

 

32 

EECRF

 

 

 

 

11 

 

 

(2)

Total revenues collected for pass-through expenses

 

 

290 

 

 

260 

 

 

30 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

 

$

1,249 

 

$

1,139 

 

$

110 

____________

(a)

In general, distribution revenues from residential and small business users are based on actual monthly consumption (kWh), and, depending on size and annual load factor, revenues from large commercial and industrial users are based either on actual monthly demand (kilowatts) or the greater of actual monthly demand (kilowatts) or 80% of peak monthly demand during the prior eleven months.

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Financial Results — Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2021   



Total operating revenues increased $110 million, or 10%, to $1.249 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2022.  Revenue is billed under tariffs approved by the PUCT.



Revenues contributing to earnings increased $80 million to $959 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022.  The increase reflected the following components:



·

An Increase in Distribution Base Revenues — Distribution base rates are set periodically in a rate review docket initiated by either us or the PUCT. The PUCT allows utilities to file, under certain circumstances, DCRF rate adjustments between comprehensive base rate reviews to recover distribution investments and certain other related costs on an interim basis. Distribution base rate revenues increased $38 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in distribution base rate revenues primarily reflects:



o

$19 million increase due to the effects of the DCRF rate increases to reflect increases in invested capital, 

o

$9 million increase primarily due to higher customer consumption, and

o

$7 million increase due to growth in points of delivery.



See the DCRF Filings Table below for a listing of recent DCRF filings impacting revenues for 2021 and 2022. PUCT rules provide that DCRF filings may only be made between April 1 and April 8 of a given year. However, PUCT rules also provide that any DCRF filings initiated within 145 days of a comprehensive base rate proceeding will be dismissed. As our next base rate proceeding is required to be filed on or before June 1, 2022, which is within 145 days of the DCRF filing deadline, we did not file a DCRF in April 2022.



DCRF Filings Table



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUCT Docket No.

 

Filed

 

Effective

 

Annual Revenue Impact

51996

 

April 2021

 

September 2021

 

$

88 

50734

 

April 2020

 

September 2020

 

$

70 



·

An Increase in Transmission Base Revenues — Transmission base revenues (or TCOS revenues) are collected from load serving entities benefitting from our transmission system.  REPs serving customers in our service territory are billed through the TCRF mechanism discussed below, while other load serving entities are billed directly.  In order to reflect changes in our invested transmission capital, PUCT rules allow us to update our TCOS rates by filing up to two interim TCOS rate adjustments in a calendar year. TCOS revenues increased $41 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in TCOS revenues was due to the effects of the TCOS updates to reflect increases in invested capital.



See the TCOS Filings Table below for a listing of recent TCOS filings impacting revenues in 2021 and 2022.



TCOS Filings Table





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUCT Docket No.

 

Filed

 

Effective

 

Annual Revenue Impact

 

Third-Party Wholesale Transmission

 

Included in TCRF

53145

 

January 2022

 

March 2022

 

$

27 

 

$

17 

 

$

10 

52352

 

July 2021

 

September 2021

 

$

48 

 

$

31 

 

$

17 

51767

 

January 2021

 

March 2021

 

$

83 

 

$

54 

 

$

29 

51115

 

July 2020

 

September 2020

 

$

43 

 

$

28 

 

$

15 



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Revenues collected for pass-through expenses increased $30 million to $290 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. While changes in these pass-through tariffs affect revenues and the timing of cash flows, they do not impact operating income and do not contribute to earnings.  The net increase reflected the following components: 



·

 An Increase in TCRF – third-party wholesale transmission service (TCRF Third-Party) — TCRF revenues increased $32 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022 due to higher TCRF Third-Party provider billings. TCRF is a reconcilable distribution rate charged to REPs to recover fees we pay to third-party transmission service providers under their TCOS rates and the retail portion of our own TCOS rate described above.  Changes in our TCRF Third-Party revenue are to pass through changes in third-party wholesale transmission service expense.  At March 31, 2022, $6 million was deferred as over-recovered wholesale transmission service expense (see Note 2 to Financial Statements).  PUCT rules require us to update the TCRF component of our retail delivery rates on March 1 and September 1 each year. 



See the TCRF Filings Table below for a listing of recent TCRF filings impacting revenues in 2021 and 2022.



TCRF Filings Table



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Billing Impact



 

 

 

 

 

for Period Effective

PUCT Docket No.

 

Filed

 

Effective

 

Increase (Decrease)

52898

 

November 2021

 

March 2022 - August 2022

 

$

(61)

52175

 

May 2021

 

September 2021 - February 2022

 

$

149 

51560

 

November 2020

 

March 2021 - August 2021

 

$

(87)

50883

 

May 2020

 

September 2020 - February 2021

 

$

81 



·

A Decrease in EECRF Revenues — EECRF revenues decreased $2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and were offset in operation and maintenance expense. The EECRF is a reconcilable rate designed to recover current energy efficiency program costs and annual performance bonuses earned by exceeding PUCT targets in prior years and to refund or recover any over/under recovery of our costs in prior years.  We recognize the annual performance bonuses in other miscellaneous revenues upon approval by the PUCT.  PUCT rules require us to file an annual EECRF tariff update by the first business day in June of each year for implementation on March 1 of the next calendar year. 



See the EECRF Filings Table below for a listing of recent EECRF filings.



EECRF Filings Table





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUCT Docket No.

 

Filed

 

Effective

 

Program Costs

 

Performance Bonus

 

Under-/  (Over)- Recovery and Other

52178

 

May 2021

 

March 2022

 

$

49 

 

$

31 

 

$

50886

 

May 2020

 

March 2021

 

$

53 

 

$

14 

 

$

(2)

49594

 

May 2019

 

March 2020

 

$

50 

 

$

 

$

(3)



Wholesale transmission service expense increased $32 million to $281 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase is due to higher fees paid to third-party transmission entities. Wholesale transmission service expense is a reconcilable expense that is offset with TCRF Third-Party revenues as discussed above.



Operation and maintenance expense increased $14 million to $249 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase includes $11 million in higher labor and contractor related costs, $2 million in higher

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material and transportation costs and $2 million in higher vegetation management costs, partially offset by a $2 million decrease in energy efficiency program expense. Inflation, particularly the cost of labor, as well as labor availability, contributed to increased operation and maintenance costs, and we expect to continue to experience higher costs related to labor and materials in the near term.



Depreciation and amortization increased $17 million to $222 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase is attributable to ongoing investments in property, plant and equipment.



Provision in lieu of income taxes totaled $39 million (including a $3 million benefit related to nonoperating income) during the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to $33 million (including a $3 million benefit related to nonoperating income) during the three months ended March 31, 2021



The effective income tax rate was 16.7% and 16.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The effective tax rate on pretax income differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the amortization of the regulatory liability for excess deferred taxes as a result of the Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, partially offset by the effects of the Texas margin tax.



Taxes other than amounts related to income taxes increased $5 million to $145 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase is primarily due to an increase in property taxes attributable to ongoing investments in property, plant and equipment.



Other deductions and (income) - net was $4 million unfavorable for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021.  The variance is primarily due to a net $5 million unfavorable change in the value of certain compensation plan trust assets during the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021. See Note 10 to Financial Statements for more information.



Interest expense and related charges increased $6 million to $108 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase is primarily due to higher average borrowings attributable to ongoing investments in property, plant and equipment, partially offset by lower average interest rates on the borrowings.



Net income increased $26 million to $194 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase was driven by increases in revenues from updates to base transmission and distribution rates to reflect increases in invested capital, higher customer consumption and customer growth, partially offset by increases in costs associated with additional investments (primarily depreciation, property taxes and borrowing costs) and increases in operation and maintenance expense.



OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)



We expect that net after-tax losses of approximately $3 million that are currently reported in accumulated other comprehensive loss at March 31, 2022 related to cash flow interest rate hedges will be reclassified into net income as an increase to interest expense within the next 12 months as the hedged items affect earnings.

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FINANCIAL CONDITION



LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES



Cash Flows — Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2021



Cash provided by operating activities totaled $273 million and $234 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021,  respectively. The $39 million net increase is primarily the result of a $65 million increase in transmission and distribution receipts, a $46 million increase in customer deposits primarily held in restricted accounts and a $30 million decrease in storm-related costs, partially offset by a $45 million decrease in accounts payable due to timing of payments to vendors, a $43 million increase in inventory purchases and a $17 million increase in property tax payments.



Depreciation and amortization expense reported in operating activities in the condensed statements of consolidated cash flows was $20 million and $21 million more than the amounts reported in the condensed statements of consolidated income in the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.  The differences are due to certain regulatory asset amortizations being reported as operation and maintenance expense in the condensed statements of consolidated income in accordance with GAAP.



Cash provided by financing activities totaled $570 million and $367 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The $203 million net increase is the result of a $170 million net increase in debt financing activity and a $43 million increase in capital contributions from members, offset by a $10 million increase in distributions to members, see Notes 4 and 5 to Financial Statements regarding short-term borrowings and long-term debt activity, respectively, and Note 7 to Financial Statements for additional information regarding capital contributions from and cash distributions to our members. 



Cash used in investing activities totaled $692 million and $617 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The $75 million net increase is primarily due to increases in capital expenditures.



Long-Term Debt Activity



 January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement  In January 2022, we entered into the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement with a commitment equal to an aggregate principal amount of $1.30 billion. The January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement matures on April 29, 2023. The January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement provides that we can borrow up to the full amount in up to four borrowings, at our option, at any time before April 28, 2022. Under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement, we borrowed $400 million on January 28, 2022, $600 million at the February 2022 borrowing, $185 million on March 28, 2022, and $115 million at the April 2022 borrowing. Following the April 2022 borrowing, no remaining borrowings are available under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement. The proceeds from each borrowing were used for general corporate purposes, including to repay outstanding CP Notes and, in the case of the February 2022 borrowing, to redeem $400 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of our 2022 notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the 2022 notes. Loans under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement bear interest, at our option, at either (i) an adjusted term SOFR (calculated based on one-month term SOFR as of a specified date, plus an adjustment of 0.10% (SOFR Adjustment)) plus a spread of 0.575%, (ii) an adjusted daily simple SOFR (calculated based on daily simple SOFR as of a specified date, plus the SOFR Adjustment) plus a spread of 0.575%, or (iii) for any day, at a rate equal to the greatest of: (1) the prime rate publicly announced by the administrative agent on such date, (2) the federal funds effective rate on such date plus 0.50%, and (3) daily simple SOFR on such date, plus 1.0%. 





The January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement contains customary covenants for facilities of this type, restricting, subject to certain exceptions, us and our subsidiaries from, among other things: incurring certain additional liens (not including liens relating to obligations secured pursuant to our Deed of Trust, which are permitted); entering into mergers and consolidations; sales of substantial assets and acquisitions and investments in subsidiaries.  The January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement also contains a senior debt-to-capitalization ratio covenant that effectively limits our ability to incur indebtedness in the future. See “—Credit Rating Provisions and

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Material Debt Covenants—Material Debt Credit Rating, Financial and Cross-Default Covenants” below for additional information on this covenant and the calculation of this ratio.



Senior Secured Notes — On March 1, 2022, we redeemed in full the $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2022 notes that were outstanding, which were to mature on June 1, 2022. The redemption price was equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2022 notes, plus accrued interest to, but not including, the redemption date of March 1, 2022. Following the redemption of the 2022 notes, none of the 2022 notes remained outstanding.



Short-Term Debt Activity  



Credit Facility — At March 31, 2022, we had a $2.0 billion unsecured Credit Facility that may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, issuances of letters of credit and support of our CP Program. The Credit Facility has a maturity date of November 9, 2026. We also have the option of requesting up to two 1-year extensions and an option to request an increase in our borrowing capacity of up to $400 million in $100 million minimum increments, provided certain conditions set forth in the Credit Facility are met, including lender approvals.  Borrowings under the Credit Facility are classified as short-term on the balance sheet.  At March 31, 2022, we had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility, no CP Notes outstanding and no outstanding letters of credit. At December 31, 2021, we had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility, $215 million of CP Notes outstanding and $8 million of outstanding letters of credit.



Because the CP Program is supported by our Credit Facility, any CP Notes outstanding effectively reduce the available borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility.  Considering CP Notes, letters of credit outstanding and the limitations described below, available borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility totaled $2.0 billion at March 31, 2022 and available borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility totaled $1.777 billion at December 31, 2021.



The Credit Facility contains customary covenants for facilities of this type, restricting, subject to certain exceptions, us and our subsidiaries from, among other things: incurring certain additional liens (not including liens relating to obligations secured pursuant to our Deed of Trust, which are permitted); entering into mergers and consolidations; sales of substantial assets and acquisitions and investments in subsidiaries. The Credit Facility also contains a senior debt-to-capitalization ratio covenant that effectively limits our ability to incur indebtedness in the future. See “Credit Rating Provisions and Material Debt Covenants—Material Debt Credit Rating, Financial and Cross-Default Covenants” below for additional information on this covenant and the calculation of this ratio.



Under the terms of the Credit Facility, the commitments of the lenders to make loans to us are several and not joint.  Accordingly, if any lender fails to make loans to us, our available liquidity could be reduced by an amount up to the aggregate amount of such lender’s commitments under the facility.



CP Program — We established the CP Program in March 2018, under which we may issue unsecured CP Notes on a private placement basis up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding at any time of $2.0 billion.  A national bank acts as the issuing and paying agent under the CP Program pursuant to the terms of an issuing and paying agent agreement.  Under the CP Program, we issue CP Notes from time to time, and the proceeds of CP Notes are used for working capital and general corporate purposes. We had no CP Notes outstanding under the CP Program at March 31, 2022 and $215 million of CP Notes outstanding under the CP Program at December 31, 2021.     



The CP Program obtains liquidity support from our Credit Facility.  We may utilize either the CP Program or the Credit Facility at our option for funding.  See Note 4 to Financial Statements for additional information regarding the CP Program.

 

Available Liquidity and Liquidity Needs, Including Capital Expenditures



Capital Expenditures —  Our board of directors has approved capital expenditures of $3.0 billion for 2022, reflecting an update from our previously announced capital spend expectations attributable to anticipated service territory growth and increased costs of materials due to inflation. In addition, the most recent long-term plan presented to our board of directors in October 2021 provides for capital expenditures of $3.0 billion to $3.1 billion in each of the years 2023 through 2026.  These capital expenditures are expected to be used for investment in

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transmission and distribution infrastructure, including investments to support system expansion, system maintenance, and technology and innovation.



Pension Plans and OPEB Plans Funding — Our funding for the pension plans and OPEB Plans for calendar year 2022 is expected to total $5 million and $35 million, respectively.  Based on the funded status of the pension plans at December 31, 2021, and the latest actuarial projections after taking into account certain pension funding adjustments we made as permitted by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, our aggregate pension plans and OPEB Plans funding is expected to total approximately $267 million in the five-year period 2022 through 2026.  During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we made cash contributions to the pension plans and OPEB Plans of $1 million and $9 million, respectively.  See Note 8 to Financial Statements for additional information regarding pension plans and OPEB Plans.



Additional Liquidity Needs — In addition to the items discussed above, other material contractual obligations and commitments arising in the normal course of business primarily consist of purchase obligations under outsourcing agreements and operating lease obligations. See Note 6 to Financial Statements for information regarding leases. Purchase obligations under outsourcing agreements total $163 million over the next five years. In addition, we regularly evaluate opportunities to make selective strategic acquisitions involving regulated assets, which could potentially impact our liquidity and capital expenditures.  See “Item 1A. Risk FactorsWe regularly evaluate opportunities to make selective strategic acquisitions involving regulated assets. Acquisitions involve various risks, and we may not be able to realize the anticipated benefits of any such acquisitions in our 2021 Form 10-K. 



Available Liquidity — Our primary source of liquidity, aside from operating cash flows, is our ability to issue CP Notes,  borrow under our Credit Facility and, when available, borrow under our term loan credit agreement. Because the CP Program is supported by the Credit Facility, CP Notes outstanding effectively reduce the available borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $104 million and $11 million at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Considering any CP Notes and letters of credit outstanding, available liquidity (cash, cash equivalents and available borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility and January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement) at March 31, 2022 totaled $2.219 billion, reflecting an increase of $431 million as compared to December 31, 2021



We expect cash flows from operations combined with long-term debt issuances and term loan credit agreements as well as availability under the Credit Facility and the CP Program to be sufficient to fund current obligations, projected working capital requirements, maturities of long-term debt, capital expenditures, minimum funding requirements for pension plans and OPEB Plans, operating lease obligations and purchase obligations under outsourcing agreements for at least the next twelve months.  In April 2022, we entered into a commitment letter with certain financial institutions for a $650 million term loan credit facility that we expect to enter into between June 1 and July 13, 2022. Should additional liquidity or capital requirements arise, we may need to seek member capital contributions or preserve equity through reductions or suspension of distributions to members.  In addition, we may also consider repurchases, exchange offers and other transactions in order to refinance or manage our long-term debt. The inability to raise capital on favorable terms or failure of counterparties to perform under credit or other financial agreements, particularly during any uncertainty in the financial markets, could impact our ability to sustain and grow the business and would likely increase capital costs that may not be recoverable through rates.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has not had a material adverse impact on our liquidity to date. However, we do face risks and uncertainties related to the pandemic, including the potential impact on capital and credit markets of which we cannot predict whether, or to what extent, the pandemic will have a material adverse impact on our liquidity, ability to access the capital or commercial paper markets, or obtain new credit commitments from commercial banks in the future. For further discussion of risks and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic, see “Item 1A. Risk FactorsOur business could be adversely affected by health epidemics and pandemics, including the current COVID-19 pandemic and its variants” in our 2021 Form 10-K. 



Member Contributions and Distributions



ContributionsWe received cash capital contributions from our members on February 17, 2022 and April 26, 2022 each totaling $106 million.

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Distributions   The Sempra Order and our Limited Liability Company Agreement set forth various restrictions on distributions to our members. Among those restrictions is the commitment that we will make no distributions that would cause us to exceed the PUCT’s authorized regulatory debt-to-equity ratio. Our current PUCT authorized capital structure is 57.5% debt to 42.5% equity. The distribution restrictions also include the ability of a majority of our Disinterested Directors, or either of the two member directors designated by Texas Transmission, to limit distributions to the extent each determines it is necessary to meet expected future requirements of Oncor (including continuing compliance with the PUCT debt-to-equity ratio commitment).  At March 31, 2022, our regulatory capitalization was 54.4% debt to 45.6% equity, and as a result we had $1.074 billion available to distribute to our members.



The PUCT has the authority to determine what types of debt and equity are included in a utility’s regulatory debt-to-equity ratio.  For purposes of this ratio, debt is calculated as long-term debt including any finance leases plus unamortized gains on reacquired debt less unamortized issuance expenses, premiums and losses on reacquired debt.  Equity is calculated as membership interests determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss and the effects of acquisition accounting from a 2007 transaction.



On February 18, 2022, our board of directors declared a cash distribution of $106 million, which was paid to our members on February 18, 2022.  On April 27, 2022, our board of directors declared a cash distribution of $106 million, which was paid to our members on April 28, 2022.





Capitalization and Return on Equity 



We have committed to the PUCT to maintain a regulatory capital structure at or below the debt-to-equity ratio established periodically by the PUCT for ratemaking purposes. Our current authorized regulatory capital structure of 57.5% debt to 42.5% equity went into effect in November 2017 as part of the PUCT order issued in the rate review we filed in PUCT Docket No. 46957.  In PUCT Docket No. 46957, the PUCT also set our authorized return on equity at 9.8%. Our regulatory capital structure was 54.4%  debt to 45.6% equity at March 31, 2022.  Our ability to incur additional long-term debt is limited by our authorized regulatory capital structure, as we are able to issue future long-term debt only to the extent that the issuance of such debt would not cause us to exceed the authorized regulatory debt-to-equity ratio. See Note 7 to Financial Statements for further discussion of our regulatory capitalization.



Our GAAP capitalization ratios were 44.7% debt to 55.3% equity at March 31, 2022.



Credit Rating Provisions and Material Debt Covenants



Impact on Liquidity of Credit Ratings — The rating agencies assign credit ratings to certain of our debt securities.  Our access to capital markets and cost of debt could be directly affected by our credit ratings.  Any adverse action with respect to our credit ratings could generally cause borrowing costs to increase and the potential pool of investors and funding sources to decrease.  In the event any adverse action with respect to our credit ratings takes place and causes borrowing costs to increase, we may not be able to recover such increased costs if they exceed our PUCT-approved cost of debt determined in our most recent rate review or subsequent rate reviews.



Most of our large suppliers and counterparties require an expected level of creditworthiness in order for them to enter into transactions with us.  If our credit ratings decline, the costs to operate our business could increase because counterparties could require the posting of collateral in the form of cash-related instruments, or counterparties could decline to do business with us.



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Presented below are the credit ratings assigned for our debt securities at May 5, 2022.   



 

 

 

 

Credit Rating Agency

 

Senior Secured

 

Commercial Paper

S&P

 

A+

 

A-1

Moody’s

 

A2

 

Prime-2

Fitch

 

A

 

F2



A rating reflects only the view of a rating agency, and is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities.  Ratings can be revised upward or downward at any time by a rating agency, if such rating agency decides that circumstances warrant such a change.



As described in Note 4 to Financial Statements, we established the CP Program in March 2018. The CP Program obtains liquidity support from our Credit Facility. As described in Note 5 to Financial Statements, our senior secured debt is secured pursuant to the Deed of Trust by a first priority lien on certain of our transmission and distribution assets.



Material Debt Credit Rating, Financial and Cross-Default Covenants —  The Credit Facility contains terms pursuant to which the interest rates charged under the agreement may be adjusted depending on our credit ratings.  A decline in our credit ratings would increase the cost of borrowings under the Credit Facility and likely increase the cost of our CP Program and any future debt issuances and additional credit facilities.  The CP Program requires prompt notice to the dealers of any notice of intended or potential downgrade of our credit ratings.



Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at per annum rates equal to, at our option, (i) adjusted LIBOR plus an applicable margin of between 0.875% and 1.50%, depending on certain credit ratings assigned to our debt, or (ii) an alternate base rate (equal to the higher of (1) the prime rate of the administrative agent, (2) the greater of the federal funds effective rate or the overnight bank funding rate, plus 0.50%, and (3) adjusted LIBOR plus 1.00%) plus an applicable margin of between 0.00% and 0.50%, depending on certain credit ratings assigned to our debt. Based on our current debt ratings as of May 5, 2022, our LIBOR-based borrowings would bear interest at adjusted LIBOR plus 1.00% and our alternate base rate borrowings will bear interest at the alternate base rate plus 0.00%. The Credit Facility also provides for an alternative rate of interest upon the occurrence of certain events related to the phase out of LIBOR.



The Credit Facility includes sustainability-linked pricing metrics related to specific environmental and employee health and safety sustainability objectives. The Credit Facility provides that the applicable margin and commitment fee may be increased, decreased or have no change depending on our annual performance on the two sustainability-linked pricing metrics set forth in the Credit Facility. The maximum pricing adjustment in any given year is +/- 0.01% on the commitment fee and +/- 0.05% on the applicable margin.

 

Our Credit Facility, Note Purchase Agreement, and January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement each contain a financial covenant that requires maintenance of a consolidated debt-to-capitalization ratio of no greater than 0.65 to 1.00.  For purposes of this ratio, debt is calculated as indebtedness defined in the applicable agreement (principally, the sum of long-term debt, any capital leases (referred to as finance leases under current accounting literature), short-term debt and debt due currently in accordance with GAAP).  Capitalization for each of our Credit Facility and January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement is calculated as membership interests determined in accordance with GAAP plus debt described above. The ratio under our Note Purchase Agreement is calculated as total debt (all debt of Oncor and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) divided by the sum of total debt plus capitalization. Capitalization under the Note Purchase Agreement is calculated as membership interests plus liabilities for indebtedness maturing more than 12 months from the date of determination, with capitalization determined in accordance with GAAP and practices applicable to our type of business.  At March 31, 2022, we were in compliance with this covenant and all other covenants under the Credit Facility, Note Purchase Agreement and January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement.



Certain of our financing arrangements contain provisions that may result in an event of default if there was a failure under other financing arrangements to meet payment terms or to observe other covenants that could result in an acceleration of payments due.  Such provisions are referred to as “cross default” provisions.

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Under the Credit Facility, Note Purchase Agreement and the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement, a default by us or any subsidiary in respect of indebtedness in a principal amount in excess of $100 million or any judgments for the payment of money in excess of $100 million that are not discharged within 60 days may cause the maturity of outstanding balances under those facilities to be accelerated.



Under the Deed of Trust, an event of default under our indentures or, after all applicable notices have been given and all applicable grace periods have expired, under the Note Purchase Agreement, would permit the holders of our secured debt to exercise their remedies under the Deed of Trust.



Guarantees 



At March 31, 2022, we did not have any material guarantees.



COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES



See Note 6 to Financial Statements for discussion of commitments and contingencies.



CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES



We prepare our Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP governing rate-regulated operations. Application of these accounting policies in the preparation of our Financial Statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the reporting of assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates and revenues and expenses during the periods covered. We believe that there have been no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three months ended March 31, 2022, as compared to the critical policies and estimates disclosed in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2021 Form 10-K.



CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS



See Note 1 to Financial Statements for discussion of changes in accounting standards.



REGULATION AND RATES



Matters with the PUCT  



See Note 2 to Financial Statements for a discussion of significant PUCT matters for the three months ended March 31, 2022.   



Base Rate Review - In May 2021, we filed an application with the PUCT (PUCT Docket No. 52100) requesting to extend our base rate review filing deadline from October 1, 2021 to June 1, 2022. In July 2021, the PUCT approved an order granting the extension. As a result, our next base rate review must be filed on or before June 1, 2022. We currently anticipate making that filing with the PUCT and cities that have retained original jurisdiction over rates on or around May 11, 2022.



Summary



We cannot predict future regulatory or legislative actions or any changes in economic and securities market conditions.  Such actions or changes could significantly alter our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

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ITEM 3.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK



Interest Rate Risk



Market risk is the risk that we may experience a loss in value as a result of changes in market conditions such as interest rates that may occur in the ordinary course of business.  From time to time we transact in financial instruments to hedge interest rate risk related to our forecasted issuances of debt.  There were no such hedges in place at March 31, 2022.



At March 31, 2022, all of our long-term debt, other than the borrowings under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement, carried fixed interest rates. In addition, borrowings of short-term debt under the Credit Facility bear interest on a floating rate basis. At March 31, 2022, there were no borrowings under the Credit Facility. At March 31, 2022, the borrowings under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement bore interest at an adjusted term SOFR (calculated based on one-month term SOFR as of a specified date, plus the SOFR Adjustment plus a spread of 0.575%). SOFR began in April 2018 and it therefore has a limited history. The future performance of SOFR cannot reliably be predicted based on hypothetical or limited historical performance data. Uncertainty as to SOFR or changes to SOFR will affect the interest rate of our borrowings under the January 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement.



Based on the amount of floating rate debt outstanding as of March 31, 2022, a hypothetical 100 basis point change (up or down) in the weighted average interest rates would not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition. For more information on our borrowings and interest rates charged, see “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Financial Condition—Liquidity and Capital Resources,” and Notes 4 and 5 to Financial Statements.



Credit Risk



Credit risk relates to the risk of loss associated with nonperformance by counterparties.  Our customers consist primarily of REPs.  As a prerequisite for obtaining and maintaining certification, a REP must meet the financial resource standards established by the PUCT.  Meeting these standards does not guarantee that a REP will be able to perform its obligations.  REP certificates granted by the PUCT are subject to suspension and revocation for significant violation of PURA and PUCT rules.  Significant violations include failure to timely remit payments for invoiced charges to a transmission and distribution utility pursuant to the terms of tariffs approved by the PUCT.  We believe PUCT rules that allow for the recovery of uncollectible amounts due from REPs through rates significantly reduce our credit risk.  At March 31, 2022, we had accrued $9 million in a regulatory asset with respect to amounts deemed uncollectible from REPs.



Our exposure to credit risk associated with trade accounts receivable totaled $819 million at March 31, 2022.  The receivable balance is before the allowance for uncollectible accounts, which totaled $13 million at March 31, 2022. The exposure includes trade accounts receivable from REPs totaling $527 million, which are generally noninvestment grade and from transmission customers totaling $68 million, which include investment grade distribution companies and cooperatives and municipalities, which are generally considered low credit risk.  At March 31, 2022, REP subsidiaries of our two largest customers represented 24% and 23% of the trade accounts receivable balance, respectively.  No other customers represented 10% or more of the total trade accounts receivable balance.  We view our exposure to these customers to be within an acceptable level of risk tolerance considering PUCT rules and regulations; however, this concentration increases the risk that a default could have a material effect on cash flows, liquidity, financial position and/or results of operation.



Our net exposure to credit risk associated with trade accounts and other receivables from affiliates was zero at March 31, 2022



Except as discussed herein, the information required in this Item 3 is not significantly different from the information set forth in “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in our 2021 Form 10-K and is therefore not presented herein.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS



This report and other presentations made by us contain “forward-looking statements.”  All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that are included in this report, or made in presentations, in response to questions or otherwise, that address activities, events or developments that we expect or anticipate to occur in the future, including such matters as projections, capital allocation, future capital expenditures, business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, future acquisitions or dispositions, development or operation of facilities, market and industry developments and the growth of our business and operations (often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases such as “intends,” “plans,” “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “is anticipated,” “estimated,” “should,” “projection,” “target,” “goal,” “objective” and “outlook”), are forward-looking statements.  Although we believe that in making any such forward-looking statement our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, any such forward-looking statement involves uncertainties and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the discussion of risk factors under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our 2021 Form 10-K, “Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this report and the following important factors, among others, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements:



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legislation, governmental policies and orders, and regulatory actions, including those of the U.S. Congress, the President of the U.S., the Texas Legislature, the Governor of Texas, the FERC, the PUCT, ERCOT, NERC, the Texas RE, the U.S. Department of Energy, the EPA, and the TCEQ, and including with respect to:

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allowed rate of return;

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permitted capital structure;

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industry, market and rate structure;

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rates and recovery of investments;

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acquisition and disposal of assets and facilities;

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ownership, operation and construction of assets and facilities;

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changes in tax laws and policies; and

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changes in and compliance with environmental, sourcing/supply chain, reliability and safety laws and policies;

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legal and administrative proceedings and settlements, including the exercise of equitable powers by courts;

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weather conditions and other natural phenomena, including any weather impacts due to climate change;

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acts of sabotage, wars or terrorist or cyber security threats or activities;

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health epidemics and pandemics, including the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and its variants and its impact on our business and the economy in general;

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loss of key technology platforms;

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economic conditions, including the impact of a recessionary environment, inflation, supply chain shortages, and labor availability and cost;

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unanticipated population growth or decline, or changes in market demand and demographic patterns, particularly in the ERCOT region;

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ERCOT grid needs;

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changes in business strategy, development plans or vendor relationships;

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changes in interest rates or rates of inflation;

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unanticipated changes in operating expenses, liquidity needs and capital expenditures;

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inability of various counterparties to meet their financial obligations to us, including failure of counterparties to perform under agreements;

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general industry trends;

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significant decreases in demand or consumption of electricity delivered by us, including as a result of increased consumer use of third-party non-wires alternatives or other technologies;

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hazards customary to the industry and the possibility that we may not have adequate insurance to cover losses resulting from such hazards;

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changes in technology used by and services offered by us;

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significant changes in our relationship with our employees, including the availability of qualified personnel, and the potential adverse effects if labor disputes or grievances were to occur;

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changes in assumptions used to estimate costs of providing employee benefits, including pension and OPEB, and future funding requirements related thereto;

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significant changes in accounting policies or critical accounting estimates material to us;

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commercial bank and financial market conditions, access to capital, the cost of such capital, and the results of financing and refinancing efforts, including availability of funds in the capital markets and the potential impact of any disruptions in U.S. credit markets;

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circumstances which may contribute to future impairment of goodwill, intangible or other long-lived assets;

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financial and other restrictions under our debt agreements;

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our ability to generate sufficient cash flow to make interest payments on our debt instruments;

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actions by credit rating agencies; and

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our ability to effectively execute our operational strategy.



Any forward-looking statement speaks only at the date on which it is made, and, except as may be required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.  New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them; nor can we assess the impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.  As such, you should not unduly rely on such forward-looking statements.



ITEM 4.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES



An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the disclosure controls and procedures in effect at the end of the current period included in this quarterly report.  Based on the evaluation performed, our management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective. 



There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.



PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION



ITEM 1.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS



We are involved in various legal and administrative proceedings in the normal course of business, the ultimate resolution of which, in the opinion of management, should not have a material effect upon our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.



ITEM 1A.   RISK FACTORS



There are numerous factors that affect our business and results of operations, many of which are beyond our control.  In addition to the other information set forth in this report, including “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” you should carefully consider the factors discussed in “Item 1A.  Risk Factors” in our 2021 Form 10-K, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results.  The risks described in such reports are not the only risks we face. 



ITEM 2.   UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS



None.



ITEM 3.   DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES



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None.



ITEM 4.   MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES



Not applicable.



ITEM 5.   OTHER INFORMATION



None.

 

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ITEM 6.   EXHIBITS



(a)   Exhibits provided as part of Part II are:

Exhibits

Previously Filed*

As

 

 

With File Number

Exhibit



(10)           Material Contracts



Management Contracts; Compensatory Plans, Contracts and Arrangements





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10(a)

  

333-100240

 Form 

10-K

 (filed February 25, 2022)

  

10(f)

  

  

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Eighth Amended and Restated Executive Annual Incentive Plan, effective as of December 31, 2021.

10(b)

  

333-100240

 Form 

10-K

 (filed February 25, 2022)

  

10(g)

  

  

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Amended and Restated Executive Change in Control Policy.

10(c)

  

333-100240

Form 

8-K

 (filed February 25, 2022)

  

10.1

  

  

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Amended and Restated Salary Deferral Program.

10(d)

  

333-100240

 Form 

10-K

 (filed February 25, 2022)

  

10(i)

  

  

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.



Credit Agreements





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10(e)

  

333-100240

 Form 

8-K

 (filed January 28, 2022)

  

10.1

  

  

Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2022, among Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, as borrower, the lenders listed therein, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and as a lender, and the other financial institutions party thereto.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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(31)

Rule 13a – 14(a)/15d – 14(a) Certifications.



 

31(a)

 

 

Certification of E. Allen Nye, Jr., Chief Executive of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.



 

 

 

 

31(b)

 

 

Certification of Don J. Clevenger, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

(32)

Section 1350 Certifications.



 

32(a)

 

 

Certification of E. Allen Nye, Jr., Chief Executive of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

32(b)

 

 

Certification of Don J. Clevenger, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(101)

Interactive Data File.



 

 

 

 

101.INS

 

 

Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.



 

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.



 

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.



 

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.



 

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document.



 

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

(104)

Cover Page Interactive Data File.



 

 

 

 

104

 

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).



__________________

*   Incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURE





Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.







!!

 



 



ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC



 

By:

/s/ Don J. Clevenger



Don J. Clevenger



Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and

Duly Authorized Officer)























Date: May 5, 2022





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