Quick Facts
Customers
BPUB is a municipally owned utility that provides electric, water and wastewater services to more than 50,000 customers in and around Brownsville, Texas. Learn more about BPUB's service territory.
Electrical System
Service Area
Generation
Silas Ray Power Plant: 100% ownership natural gas: 115 MW
Hidalgo Energy Center: 21% ownership natural gas: 105 MW
Sendero Wind Farm: 100% owned output wind: 34 MW with 78 MW maximum capacity
Power Purchase Agreements: Combined Generation wind: 34 MW natural gas: 23 MW total: 57 MW
ERCOT membership
Distribution
1,940 miles of distribution lines
139.4 miles of transmission lines
Substations
15
Water System
Treatments Plants
WTP 1: 100% ownership Traditional - 20 MGD
WTP 2: 100% ownership Traditional - 20 MGD
SRWA: 92.91% ownership Reverse osmosis - 10 MGD
Wastewater System
Treatments Plants
South WWTP: Traditional - 12.8 MGD
Robindale WWTP: Ultraviolet - 14.5 MGD
Lift Sation
200