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BPUB Receives GFOA Award for Financial Reporting

By bpub | December 8, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB Receives GFOA Award for Financial Reporting

BROWNSVILLE, TX – The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) received the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2021. This report has been judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program,…

BPUB Announces Temporary Lane Closure; Initiates Boca Chica Waterline Upgrade Project

By evramirez | November 21, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB Announces Temporary Lane Closure; Initiates Boca Chica Waterline Upgrade Project

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) announces a temporary lane closure on Boca Chica Boulevard from International Boulevard to Owens Road starting today, Nov. 21, through April 2023 to install a 16-inch waterline for a future waterline loop to BPUB’s new 2-million-gallon Elevated Storage Tank currently under construction at the intersection of Southmost Boulevard and…

BPUB Temporarily Suspends Disconnections; Addresses Customer Concerns

By bpub | October 28, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB Temporarily Suspends Disconnections; Addresses Customer Concerns

BROWNSVILLE, TX – The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) is committed to providing affordable and reliable service to its customers and addressing public concerns related to the Tenaska project. The following steps have been taken to address customer concerns: Suspension of Disconnects Starting October 21, 2022, BPUB suspended service disconnections for non-payment to electric, water…

BPUB Announces Emergency Road Closure on Old Highway 77

By evramirez | October 19, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB Announces Emergency Road Closure on Old Highway 77

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) announces a temporary closure of a small section of Old Highway 77 behind AT&T and McDonald’s starting today to Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, to repair a main sewage line. Traffic will be detoured until work is completed. All construction dates and times are approximate, and the end date and…

BPUB Board Issues Statement on Tenaska Audit

By bpub | October 11, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB Board Issues Statement on Tenaska Audit

It is clearly important that we respond to the audit in a measured, factual, and deliberate manner that takes into account what is best for the community, the City, and Brownsville PUB. We must do this quickly and in such a way that we capture the narrative of the audit with our collective objectives in…

BPUB Extends Road Closure on Rentfro Boulevard

By evramirez | October 10, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB Extends Road Closure on Rentfro Boulevard

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) announces the extension of a temporary closure of a section of Rentfro Boulevard between Clover Drive and Scott Street. The original closure was originally scheduled to end Friday, Oct. 7 but has now been extended another two weeks and is now scheduled to be complete Oct. 21. This closure…

BPUB Announces Emergency Road Closure on Rentfro Boulevard

By evramirez | October 4, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB Announces Emergency Road Closure on Rentfro Boulevard

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) announces a temporary closure of a section of Rentfro Boulevard between Clover Drive and Scott Street for about four days, starting today to Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 to repair a main sewage line. Traffic will be detoured until work is completed. All construction dates and times are approximate, and…

BPUB Observes Public Power Month

By evramirez | October 3, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB Observes Public Power Month

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) is extending Public Power Week (Oct. 2-8) through the entire month of October by hosting an electrical community tour for residents, highlighting the benefits of public power and continuing outreach and education to customers about electrical rates and energy efficiency. “Families in Brownsville and across the country have been…

BPUB to Resume Seeing Customers by Appointment Only

By bpub | July 28, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB to Resume Seeing Customers by Appointment Only

BROWNSVILLE, TX – The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) will reopen the Administration Building to customers by appointment only starting Monday, Aug. 1. Customers interested in scheduling appointments can visit www.brownsville-pub.com or call 956-983-6121 during work hours. Appointments will be available Monday through Friday; no unscheduled walk-ins will be accepted. Customers must have all required…

BPUB Warns Customers About Scam Calls

By evramirez | July 14, 2022 | Comments Off on BPUB Warns Customers About Scam Calls

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) warns customers of continued reports of scam calls. Scammers are spoofing BPUB numbers and threatening to disconnect customers and other residents to collect past due payments through third-party payment methods. Over the last couple of weeks, BPUB’s Call Center has received hundreds of reports from customers and other residents…