Tag: Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB)

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board on Monday initiated Stage 2 water restrictions under its Drought Contingency Plan in response to falling water levels at the Amistad and Falcon international reservoirs.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Wednesday came closer than it’s been all summer to imposing rolling blackouts for electricity customers in the Rio Grande Valley and elsewhere across the state.

When it’s 100 degrees outside with, say, 113-degree heat index and air conditioning the only line of defense against misery, it’s alarming when the power goes out.

HARLINGEN — Before Texas State Technical Institute became Texas State Technical College in 1991, Jose Luis Leija was enrolled there in Electronics Technology.

John Cowen Jr. delivered his first presentation as mayor of Brownsville on June 30 for “Friday with the City,” an event put on by the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce and the city, which took place at the Brownsville Events Center.

After a months-long process of due diligence in figuring out how to refund its electric customers money from rate hikes related to the failed Tenaska Brownsville Generating Station project, the Brownsville Public Utilities Board is ready to move forward.

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board waterline replacement project that’s been affecting traffic flow on Boca Chica Boulevard/S.H. 4 since November is about to enter its final phase.

First came the forensic analysis by Alabama-based public accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI) into the Brownsville Public Utility Board's failed Tenaska Brownsville Generating Station project, which concluded that BPUB senior management hyped the project long after it was no longer financially feasible.

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board announced Wednesday that beginning next month it will resume disconnecting customers whose accounts are delinquent.

Brownsville Public Utilities Board has announced the closing of one lane on Highway 77/83 from FM 802 to Pablo Kisel Boulevard to repair lights on the portion of the expressway.