{"id":31065,"date":"2025-11-10T13:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/?p=31065"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:16:13","slug":"nbu-earns-national-award-for-communications-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/es\/nbu-earns-national-award-for-communications-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"New Braunfels Utilities Earns National Award for Communications Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/span><\/strong><br>Contact: Charlcee Cervantez<br>Senior Communications Specialist<br>830.312.7915 |&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:communications@nbutexas.com\">communications@nbutexas.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (Nov. 10, 2025) \u2014 The New Braunfels Utilities Enterprise Communications team has earned an Excellence in Public Power Communications Award in the Video Category from the American Public Power Association (APPA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national award celebrates NBU\u2019s work to help customers better understand utility operations through creative, engaging and educational content.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e3675d66491&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e3675d66491\" class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"844\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-APPA-Award-Recipients-1024x844.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31066\" style=\"width:417px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-APPA-Award-Recipients-1024x844.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-APPA-Award-Recipients-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-APPA-Award-Recipients-768x633.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-APPA-Award-Recipients-1200x989.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-APPA-Award-Recipients-576x475.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.nbutexas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-APPA-Award-Recipients.jpg 1533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2025 APPA Award Recipients from NBU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>NBU\u2019s winning video, \u201cElectric Exchange: Transformer Easements,\u201d reached more than 24,700 views across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Shorts and X. By demonstrating the required clearance for transformer easements, the video educates customers on how they directly contribute to ensuring reliable and safe access for NBU crews, which means quicker maintenance and faster power restoration for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video showcases NBU\u2019s customer-first approach to simplifying complex topics, ensuring residents have the knowledge they need to understand and benefit from utility operations. This educational approach is rooted in NBU&#8217;s core belief that an informed customer is a more empowered one. The full video can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/zhRTBM1IyVM?si=nzev7gET4TjcQXRU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to make complex utility topics approachable and relevant to our customers,\u201d said NBU Chief Communications Officer Ragan Dickens. \u201cThis award recognizes not just creativity but our ongoing effort to build trust through clear, consistent and transparent communication to our relatives, friends and neighbors \u2013 our NBU customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American Public Power Association is the voice of not-for-profit, community-owned utilities that power approximately 2,000 towns and cities across the nation. APPA\u2019s purpose is to empower community-owned utilities to deliver superior services through advocacy, education and technical programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>About New Braunfels Utilities:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Braunfels Utilities (NBU) is a nonprofit, community-owned provider of electric, water and wastewater services. NBU strives to be a trusted community partner with a mission of providing resilient essential services to over 60,000 customers. Utility revenues are continually invested back into the very systems that provide electricity and water to our customers\u2019 homes and businesses. Additionally, New Braunfels Utilities makes an annual transfer to the City of New Braunfels, which in turn helps to pay for services such as fire, police and city parks. NBU is governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of the mayor and four appointed residents. Visit nbutexas.com to learn more about our services and follow NBU on Facebook at facebook.com\/newbraunfelsutilities, on X at @nbutexas or on Instagram at @nbutexas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Charlcee Cervantez Senior Communications Specialist 830.312.7915 |&nbsp;communications@nbutexas.com NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (Nov. 10, 2025) \u2014 The New\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"news-category":[7],"class_list":["post-31065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Braunfels Utilities Earns National Award for Communications Excellence - 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