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Bluebonnet’s members can now see online impact weather has on their energy...

Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative’s members can now see on our website how weather directly impacts their energy use and electric bills. Bluebonnet recently introduced a new feature to its website: a...

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New LED security lights shining in Central Texas nights

The future is brighter around Bluebonnet’s service area, thanks to new LED security lights we started offering our members Sept. 1. Members will now get 53-watt LED (light-emitting diode) security...

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Bluebonnet hosts delegation from the Electric Company of Ghana

A group of engineers and technicians from the Electric Company of Ghana visited Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative’s headquarters and toured its state-of-the-art control center this month to learn more...

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Since 1939, Bluebonnet’s goals remain the same

By Mark Rose In 1939, the newly formed electric cooperative that is now Bluebonnet set the first poles and hung the first spans of wire that delivered power to the farms, ranches, schools, churches and...

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When winter temperatures drop, demand for electricity and energy bills rise

During the past few weeks, many Bluebonnet members called us or commented on our Facebook page about being surprised by their high electric bills caused by winter temperatures driven by a series of...

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Two more arctic cold fronts blast Central Texas, lead to more high electric...

Two strong, arctic cold fronts blasted Central Texas in January, following the two fronts that arrived around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. The most recent fronts brought unwelcome ice and...

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Access to private property needed to provide electric service

For decades, Bluebonnet’s meter readers were a friendly and familiar sight on our members’ property. But thanks to technology, the data that meter readers once gathered by hand now flows directly from...

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Bluebonnet to resume using herbicides in its vegetation management plan

With more than 11,000 miles of power lines to maintain, folks are probably used to seeing Bluebonnet’s crews or contractors cutting trees and vegetation in our utility easements. Workers wielding chain...

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Bluebonnet, PHI Air Medical enter potentially life-saving partnership

Working around, and with, electricity and heavy equipment is dangerous. If an accident happens, swift medical care can make the difference between life and death. Bluebonnet’s crews often work in...

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Don’t fence us out

Texans love their land, and a locked gate is every property owner’s right. But locked gates can impede Bluebonnet’s crews and contractors from restoring power during outages, trimming vegetation near...

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