Getting Connected

Understanding Your location within our service boundaries

• View Brownsville Public Utilities Board Electric and Water / Wastewater Service Boundaries Maps.
• Complete a Commercial Service Application

Request an initial discussion with the BPUB Business Development Department.

• Please submit your request with the Site Plan to [email protected] for review.
• Business Development Department will review your project with the Electric and Water / Wastewater Engineering Departments, then explain any steps required to provide BPUB services to your location.
• BPUB will work with you to determine temporary service designs, permanent infrastructure routing, and required easements needed for your project.

Submit the required documentation to begin the process of requesting utility connections.

• BPUB Electrical Checklist
• BPUB W/WW New Connections Checklist
• BPUB Commercial Service Application

BPUB Engineering Departments will design your service infrastructure and send you a design to review.

• Once the review is complete and approval is sent back to BPUB Engineering, a Contribution in Aid of Construction (CIAC) Letter will be drafted detailing the payment required for this connection.
• This will also initiate the Easement process based on the electrical and water/wastewater design.

Once the construction invoice is paid, ensure the site is prepared for installation, and all required City of Brownsville inspections have been completed.

• BPUB Electric Service Standards
• COB Permits & Inspections
  • Please note that all permits and inspections required by the City of Brownsville must be completed and released to BPUB before the electric meter is set.
• Site Preparedness
  • Ensure all infrastructure is complete and complies with BPUB Service Standards.
  • Conduits and cables on the secondary side of the meter are installed.
  • Survey and complete required staking.
  • The project address should be posted.
  • All infrastructure installation areas should be within 6 inches of the final grade.
  • Ensure Utility Easements are cleared of debris and accessible to BPUB construction crews.
• Installation of infrastructure, meter installation and service activation.