NEWS
Lower electric rates begin
Beginning with the December billing, City of Bowie electric customers will see a 25 percent decrease in their power bill for residential use.
The City of Bowie received its first bulk power bill under the new rates from Bryan Texas Utilities in November and there is a savings of almost $63,000.
A few customers already received a bill with the reduction but all residential customers will see it in December. The new per kilowatt hour rate is 11.14 cents, compared to 15.17 cents.
City Manager Bert Cunningham said the October bulk power bill was $348,844.04, down $62,987.73 from the $411,831.77 last October. He pointed out the city used more kilowatt hours for this time period than it did last year. Based on the same amount of usage the difference is $66,851.
In October 2017 the volume was 5,366,739 KWh, while in October 2018 the volume was 5,489,962 KWh.
Read the full story in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
Water was off Wednesday morning as the City of Bowie public works crew replaced a fire hydrant at the corner of Walnut and Matthews. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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