Photo: Darrylpearson · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in New Berlin, TX: what to set up and who to call
Power in New Berlin comes from Pedernales Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Guadalupe Regional Medical Center, 12.5 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in New Berlin, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in New Berlin.
Power comes from Pedernales Electric Coop
Pedernales Electric Coop (Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of New Berlin. Its homes paid an average of 12.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $153 a month (its average across Texas).
Start or move service: pec.coop · (830) 868-7155
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from East Central SUD
East Central SUD supplies New Berlin: about 54% of residents live in its service area. Green Valley SUD serves another 47%. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists San Antonio Water System and Saws Northeast and Crwa Lake Dunlap WTP and Crwa Wells Ranch as sellers) and serves 26,137 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.2 ppb. That’s higher than 58% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. TX0150138.
7 home internet providers serve New Berlin
100% of 270 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 99% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Valley Electric Coop | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| VTX1 | Fixed wireless | 94% | 100/20 |
| ZipLink Internet | Fixed wireless | 76% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 56% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 56% | 100/20 |
| Alamo Broadband | Fixed wireless | 54% | 990/300 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have New Berlin’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in New Berlin.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of New Berlin (88%) is in Marion Independent School District; parts are in La Vernia Independent School District (12%).
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
New Berlin spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where New Berlin residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of New Berlin | ZIP’s residents in New Berlin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78155 | Seguin, TX | 67% | 1% |
| 78121 | La Vernia, TX | 24% | 1% |
| 78124 | Marion, TX | 8% | 1% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in New Berlin
Who supplies New Berlin’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
East Central SUD (EPA ID TX0150138). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in New Berlin?
Pedernales Electric Coop (Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve New Berlin?
Guadalupe Valley Electric Coop, VTX1, ZipLink Internet, Verizon, AT&T, Alamo Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in New Berlin?
78155 (67%), 78121 (24%), 78124 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is New Berlin in?
Marion Independent School District. Parts of the city are in La Vernia Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in New Berlin?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Guadalupe County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.