News Releases
The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) will perform a water audit on the water distribution system beginning Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 11 p.m. through Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 4 a.m. The water and meter management audit is performed every five years and helps BPUB identify any potential water losses in its water distribution system. During…
The Board of Directors of the Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) understands that our customers have many questions about the unrealized Tenaska Brownsville Generating Station and the rate increases associated with it. Discussions about a new power plant began as early as fiscal year 2011. Tenaska emerged as the designated partner for the project. Eventually,…
The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) announces a temporary road closure on 30th Street from Southmost Boulevard to Lazy Acres Road starting Monday, Jan. 30 through Friday, March 3, 2023 to install a 16-inch waterline that will connect the newly constructed 2 million-gallon elevated storage tank on Southmost to the main distribution line on Southmost…
BROWNSVILLE, TX – The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) is working to determine its options for distributing the remaining $29 million from the Tenaska Equity Fund (TEF). Before any of that money is distributed, BPUB is required to satisfy the terms of its bond ordinance. Any distribution of the TEF requires BPUB demonstrate that this…
The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) announced the termination of water restrictions under Stage 2 of the Drought Contingency Plan effective Jan. 13, 2023. Restrictions imposed under Stage 1 will remain in effect. “Thank you to all our customers who made great efforts to conserve water under Stage 2,” Interim General Manager and CEO Marilyn…
BROWNSVILLE, TX – The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) Boca Chica Waterline Upgrade Project is continuing to progress with the installation of a 16-inch waterline moving closer to the four corners intersection on International Boulevard and will implement Phase 2 of the Traffic Control Plan on Monday, January 23, 2023. Phase 2 of the project…
The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) warns customers of a recent increase in scam calls. Scammers are using a series of telephone numbers to contact and threaten to disconnect customers and to collect past due payments through third-party payment methods. Over the last few days, BPUB’s Call Center received roughly 10 calls from customers who…
After more than 40 years of dedicated service to the Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) and the residents of Brownsville, BPUB General Manager & CEO John S. Bruciak announced his retirement to the BPUB Board of Directors during a special board meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 4. We are diligently working to ensure our high quality…
Outage Report Update 4:00 am: BPUB crews worked on six outages impacting about 1064 customers. BPUB has restored all 1058 within the following areas. Six customers remain without power: 9405 Colorado North Outage Start Time: 6:41 pm Outage End Time: No ETA Cause: Bad Transformer Bueno Dr Outage Start Time: 1:17 am Outage End Time:…
BPUB had six outages affecting about 58 customers. BPUB has restored 44 customers with 14 remaining. The outages occurred in the following areas: Mystic Bend Outage Start Time: 11:51 AM Outage End Time: 4:20 PM Cause: Replaced Transformer Fuse E Hawthorne Ave Outage Start Time: 12:01 PM Outage End Time: 5:10 PM Cause: Replaced Transformer…