NBU NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 9, 2006
Contact: Gretchen Reuwer, NBU Communications Manager, (830) 629-8486

NBU employees receive recognition for No Lost Time

NEW BRAUNFELS—The employees of New Braunfels Utilities were recently recognized by the Texas Electric Cooperatives (TEC) for achieving over 1 Million No Lost Time Hours. A certificate was presented to NBU during the TEC Loss Control annual meeting in recognition of the 1,964,250 hours that NBU employees achieved without a lost time accident. TEC Loss Control has presented this award for the past two years to both electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. To date, only five cooperatives and municipals have been recognized with the 1 Million No Lost Time Hours certificate. NBU currently holds the record for most hours accumulated by any of the 55 cooperatives and 20 municipal utilities involved in the TEC Loss Control Program, which focuses on safety awareness and workplace practices for utility employees.