Brownsville Public Utilities Board electricity: 54,712 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 76

In Texas, Brownsville Public Utilities Board bills 54,712 accounts, 88.0% residential, as an municipal utility. 0% of its home meters are advanced (AMI), against 95% across Texas.

Brownsville Public Utilities Board: 1,116 kWh a month costs roughly $142 in energy at 12.70 ¢/kWh, -15.0% on the Texas average of 14.94 ¢.

0% of its home meters are advanced (AMI), against 95% across Texas.

Brownsville Public Utilities: smart meters and rate options

Home meters that are AMI: 0%Texas utilities overall: 95%

Metering is where Brownsville Public Utilities Board differs: 0 of 50,594 home meters are AMI, 0.0%, place 37 of 37 Texas utilities that report; the Texas figure for all utilities is 95.1%. It does not offer a time-of-use rate to homes in the EIA filing.

How it compares

Brownsville Public Utilities Board
Brownsville Public Utilities Board, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Brownsville Public Utilities Board	12.70 ¢/kWh	12.74 ¢/kWh	$142at 1,116 kWh	76 minSAIDI
Texas average against this company, which is 25 of 71 on price	+2.24 ¢/kWhcompany 15.0% below	-4.19 ¢/kWhcompany 49.0% above	+$25a month at 1,116 kWh	+60 mincompany 60 below
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX)Lowest in this table	12.65 ¢/kWhcompany 0.4% above	11.13 ¢/kWhcompany 14.5% above	$1411 less than company	111 mincompany 34 below

Compare 126 Texas companies

Brownsville Public Utilities Board: 2025

Brownsville Public Utilities: -11.7% on 2024 for homes, Texas +3.5%.

Brownsville Public Utilities home price, 2025: 11.22 ¢/kWh-11.7% on 2024, early release
Brownsville Public Utilities SAIDI, 2025: 139 min+82% on 2024, early release
Brownsville Public Utilities against Texas, 2025: -15.2 pointsBrownsville Public Utilities -11.7%, Texas +3.5%, price in Texas 15.47 ¢

Brownsville Public Utilities Board reported 11.22 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, -11.7% on its 2024 figure of 12.70, while the Texas average moved +3.5%. Its SAIDI is 139 minutes against 76 in 2024.

Carbon context

Brownsville Public Utilities Board serves 48,146 homes in Texas. At 1,116 kWh a month that is about 389 kg of CO₂, or 4,668 kg a year, at the Texas plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Texas generation mix.

Brownsville Public Utilities Board charts

Residential price since 2015: 12.70 ¢ in 2024

11.17 ¢ in 2015, 12.70 ¢ in 2024 (+13.7%); Texas 11.56 to 14.94 ¢.

Brownsville Public Utilities Board residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Brownsville Public Utilities	Gap to Texas residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	11.17	-0.39	-1.48
2016	10.46	-0.53	-2.09
2017	10.30	-0.71	-2.59
2018	10.31	-0.89	-2.56
2019	10.30	-1.46	-2.71
2020	10.98	-0.73	-2.17
2021	10.68	-1.43	-2.98
2022	13.00	-0.76	-2.04
2023	13.06	-1.40	-2.94
2024	12.70	-2.24	-3.78

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Brownsville Public Utilities Board SAIDI, 2016-2024

9 min in 2016, 76 in 2024.

Brownsville Public Utilities Board SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Brownsville Public Uti, no major events	Brownsville Public Uti, all events
2015	No data	11
2016	9	9
2017	14	34
2018	9	72
2019	14	16
2020	25	63
2021	30	193
2022	63	105
2023	92	147
2024	76	161

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 76.3 min

76.3 min, 0.77x the median reporter, rank 255 of 673.

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Company, no major events76.3
Company, with major events160.8

Brownsville Public Utilities Board, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Brownsville Public Utilities Board billed homes 11.17 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 12.70 ¢ in 2024, +13.7% in all, and lagged the Texas average (+29.2%) by 15.5 points. Brownsville Public Utilities Board's sharpest move came in 2022, +21.7%. The high is 13.06 ¢ (2023) and the low 10.30 ¢ (2019). 2024: -2.7% here, +3.3% for the Texas average. SAIDI at Brownsville Public Utilities Board (major events excluded) rose from 9 minutes in 2016 to 76 in 2024, +736%; worst year 2023 at 92. Against the national median, Brownsville Public Utilities Board came in lower on SAIDI in 9 of 9 years, and 2024 ended at 76 minutes, -23 from the median. 2021: 193 minutes with major events, 30 without, the widest gap of any year. Brownsville Public Utilities Board has 24 cheaper and 46 higher-priced Texas peers among 71 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX), bills 12.65 ¢ (-0.05). Next higher-priced, City of Denton, bills 12.81 ¢ (+0.11).

Two good signs together. Rates are 15.0% below Texas and outage time of 76 minutes beats the national median by 23%.

Home accounts at Brownsville Public Utilities Board went from 42,400 in 2015 to 48,146 in 2024, +13.6%. Business customers paid 1.00 times the home price in 2024 (12.74 against 12.70 ¢); the ratio was 1.61 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.08 in 2016 to 1.82 in 2024, between 0.08 and 1.82.

Outages and home price of Brownsville Public Utilities Board (EIA utility 2409), 2013 to 2024

Brownsville Public Utilities Board customers lost power for 76 minutes in 2024, up from 9 in 2016 (+736%). The low came in 2018 at 9, the high in 2023 at 92; 9 years were filed. The Texas median in 2024 was 132 minutes, so Brownsville Public Utilities Board ran below it.

Home rates at Brownsville Public Utilities Board went from 9.71 ¢ in 2013 to 12.70 ¢ in 2024 (+30.9%), which is 13.41 ¢ to 13.04 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−2.8%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,609 in 2013 and $1,564 in 2024. Of 134 Texas utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Brownsville Public Utilities Board stood 51st cheapest (30th of 142 in 2013).

Brownsville Public Utilities Board outage minutes a customer, 2016 to 2024: 76 in 2024

Brownsville Public Utilities Board at 76 min in 2024 and the Texas median at 132.

Brownsville Public Utilities Board home price since 2013: −2.8% after inflation

Brownsville Public Utilities Board: 13.04 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 12.70 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Brownsville Public Utilities Board, EIA utility 2409, year by year among Texas utilities

Brownsville Public Utilities B 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Brownsville Public	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Brownsville Pu	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Brownsville Pu	Texas median SAIDI
2013	9.71	13.41	30 of 142	–	–	–	–
2014	11.15	15.17	61 of 141	–	–	–	–
2015	11.17	15.17	75 of 138	–	–	–	–
2016	10.46	14.04	75 of 144	9	0.08	1 of 37	131
2017	10.30	13.53	59 of 149	14	0.13	1 of 38	112
2018	10.31	13.22	55 of 150	9	0.12	2 of 39	99
2019	10.30	12.97	56 of 180	14	0.13	2 of 40	107
2020	10.98	13.66	74 of 137	25	0.71	3 of 41	99
2021	10.68	12.69	48 of 139	30	0.49	4 of 39	148
2022	13.00	14.30	62 of 136	63	1.33	12 of 42	108
2023	13.06	13.79	63 of 132	92	1.76	16 of 43	136
2024	12.70	13.04	51 of 134	76	1.82	14 of 43	132

Brownsville Public Utili, EIA utility 2409: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Texas real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 54,7120.4% of Texas total
Residential accounts: 48,1460.4% of Texas homes
Commercial accounts: 6,56612.0% of the base
Residential rate: 12.70 ¢/kWhplace 25 of 71, -15.0% against the state
Commercial rate: 12.74 ¢/kWhplace 68 of 99, +49.0% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 76.3 minbetter than 62% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 1.821.80x the median
SAIDI with major events: 160.8 min52.5% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 9.2 MW1,003 installations
Counties served: 1all in Texas
Average residential use: 13,393 kWh/yr1,116 a month
Implied monthly bill: $142-$42 on the U.S. rate, 1,116 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +13.7%11.17 to 12.70 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +736%9 min in 2016, 76 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Brownsville Public Utilities Board

Brownsville Public Utilities Board sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Texas ¢/kWh
Residential	48,146	12.70	-2.24
Commercial	6,566	12.74	+4.19

Year by year, Brownsville Public Utilities Board

Year	Home accounts, Brownsville Public Uti	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	42,400	11.17	18.02	1.61	No data	No data
2016	42,836	10.46	17.36	1.66	9	0.08
2017	43,306	10.30	17.54	1.70	14	0.13
2018	44,014	10.31	17.91	1.74	9	0.12
2019	44,802	10.30	17.66	1.72	14	0.13
2020	45,827	10.98	9.95	0.91	25	0.71
2021	46,449	10.68	9.99	0.94	30	0.49
2022	46,999	13.00	13.11	1.01	63	1.33
2023	47,548	13.06	12.54	0.96	92	1.76
2024	48,146	12.70	12.74	1.00	76	1.82

Peers of Brownsville Public Utilities in Texas, place 25 of 71 on home price

Utility near Brownsville Public Utilities on price	SAIDI min, gap to Brownsville Public Utilities	Home ¢, gap to Brownsville Public Utilities	Gap % to Brownsville Public Utilities	Accounts, Brownsville Public Utilities = 1
22. Austin Energy	-0	-0.13	-1.0%	10.27
23. Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc	+302	-0.08	-0.6%	1.71
24. Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX)	+34	-0.05	-0.4%	2.55
25. Brownsville Public Utilities Board (this utility)	76	12.70	-	1.00
26. City of Denton	-54	+0.11	+0.9%	1.22
27. Wood County Electric Coop, Inc	+976	+0.12	+1.0%	0.76
28. Jasper-Newton Elec Coop, Inc	+1435	+0.26	+2.0%	0.44

Who buys Brownsville Public Utilities's electricity

Class at Brownsville Public Utilities	Accounts	Of Brownsville Public Utilities accounts	Of Brownsville Public Utilities MWh sold	kWh a year per Brownsville Public Utilities account
Residential	48,146	88.0%	48.5%	13,393
Commercial	6,566	12.0%	51.5%	104,428
Industrial and other	0	0.00%	0.0%	No data

Brownsville Public Utilities among Texas municipals

Brownsville Public Utilities and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Brownsville Public Utilities	Home ¢, gap to Brownsville Public Utilities	Accounts, Brownsville Public Utilities = 1
1. City of San Antonio (TX)	-15	-0.27	17.59
2. Brownsville Public Utilities Board (TX, this utility)	76	12.70	1.00
3. City of Denton (TX)	-54	+0.11	1.22
4. City of New Braunfels (TX)	-33	+0.47	1.11

Brownsville Public Utilities: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Brownsville Public Utilities	Texas context	Brownsville Public Utilities detail
Brownsville Public Utilities home meters on AMI	0.0%	Texas 95.1%	0 of 50,594 meters
Home meters, AMR (drive-by read)	10,455	Texas figure not published	20.7% of meters
Time-of-use rate for Brownsville Public Utilities homes	Not on file	14 of 39 Texas utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by Brownsville Public Utilities
Net-metered installations	1,003	99% residential	20.6 homes per 1,000 accounts, 9.2 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Brownsville Public Utilities Board

kWh	Share of a 1,116 kWh month	Cost a month at 12.70 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	22%	$31.76	-$9.44	$381
500	45%	$63.51	-$18.89	$762
750	67%	$95.27	-$28.33	$1,143
1,000	90%	$127.03	-$37.77	$1,524
1,500	134%	$190.54	-$56.66	$2,287
2,000	179%	$254.06	-$75.54	$3,049

Outage record, Brownsville Public Utilities Board

Measure, Brownsville Public U	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	76.3	160.8	1.27 h
SAIFI interruptions	1.824	2.832	0.55 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	41.8	56.8	0.70 h

Territory of Brownsville Public Utilities Board

1 Texas counties, region TRE:

Texas other states: 1 of 1 county of Brownsville Public Utilities Board drawn

Brownsville Public Utilities Board: 1 county listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

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Questions on Brownsville Public Utilities Board

How big is Brownsville Public Utilities Board in Texas, by customer accounts?

54,712 accounts in 2024: residential 48,146, commercial 6,566, industrial 0.

How many cents per kWh does Brownsville Public Utilities Board charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 12.70 cents; against the Texas average that is -15.0%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Brownsville Public Utilities Board?

SAIDI 76.3 min and SAIFI 1.82 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.77, CAIDI 42 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Brownsville Public Utilities Board?

1,003 installations with 9.2 MW, of which residential installations number 994.

What would a typical Brownsville Public Utilities Board home pay each month?

1,116 kWh at 12.70 cents comes to about $142, energy only.

Is Brownsville Public Utilities Board cheaper than other Texas utilities?

Rank 25 of 71 in Texas on price, -15.0% against the state average; 24 charge less than 12.70 ¢.

What share of Brownsville Public Utilities Board sales do homes buy?

Homes take 48.5% of 1,330,504 MWh, commercial accounts 51.5%, industrial and other 0.0%; the 6,566 commercial accounts use 104,428 kWh each, 7.8 times a home.

At Brownsville Public Utilities Board, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

0 of 50,594 home meters are AMI, 0.0%. Brownsville Public Utilities reports no home time-of-use rate; 14 of 39 Texas filers do.

Has Brownsville Public Utilities Board moved up the Texas price list since 2015?

30th cheapest of 54 in 2015, 25th of 71 in 2024; its price rose 13.7% while Texas rose 29.2%.

Where does Brownsville Public Utilities Board stand among 3 peers?

Place 2 of 4 on home price at 12.70 ¢ (Texas municipals); median 12.76 ¢, cheapest member 12.43 ¢.

What did Brownsville Public Utilities Board charge homes in 2025?

11.22 cents per kWh, -11.7% on the 12.70 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Brownsville Public Utilities Board at 12.70 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Public Service Co of OklahomaOklahoma, 12.73 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ above
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX)Texas, 12.65 ¢/kWh, 0.05 ¢ below
York Electric Coop IncSouth Carolina, 12.65 ¢/kWh, 0.05 ¢ below
Duke Energy Indiana, LLCIndiana, 12.75 ¢/kWh, 0.05 ¢ above

Rate plans on file

1 home plan record, energy charges: 10.0 to 11.1 ¢/kWh.

Tiered: 1, e.g. Residential Rate

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Brownsville Public Utilities Board electricity: 54,712 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 76

EIA-861 annual report entry for Brownsville Public Utilities Board electricity: 54,712 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 76, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Brownsville Public Utilities Board electricity: 54,712 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 76, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Brownsville Public Utilities Board electricity: 54,712 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 76, the state price average