People want their power right away. The crew can be out there day and night. The plant, which generates millions of watts of electricity each year, was built in the 1920s. Since then, many different masters have taken the reins of the gargantuan beast. Zamarripa has been up to the task for the past two decades.
Electricity works like the human body.
The line of a house in Brownsville is connected to the line of someone in Dallas. The big lines are like the arteries in us. Zamarripa, a Harlingen native, said there has been a surge in the demand for power in Brownsville during the past 12 years because of the population boom. And the task of running the power plant is especially taxing in the sweltering summer months. Before PUB, Zamarripa, a 1963 Harlingen High School graduate, attended Texas Southmost College.