August 2016 Board Notes
August 2016 Board Notes
The Board of Commissioners held its regular monthly meeting on August 18, 2016. Here are the highlights of the meeting: Natural Gas Prepayment Agreement. GUC is currently participating in a 15?year natural gas pre-paid arrangement with Patriots Energy Group ending January 31, 2022. In an effort to...
WTP Filter Inspections
WTP Filter Inspections
Filter Check from Greenville Utilities on Vimeo. Staff at the Water Treatment Plant got the opportunity to dig in the sand recently. It was in the anthracite actually (the stuff that makes up the first filters in the water treatment process), and it wasn't to play, but to check the condition and...
Record Setting Summer for Lighthouse
The heat has been on this summer and as temperatures rose, so did the number of observations performed by Lighthouse observers. As more employees complete the Lighthouse Day One overview training, more employees are signing on as official observers and taking the Day Two training. This has led to an...
Spotlight On The Go
Spotlight On The Go
One goal of Public Information is to get news to you in ways you want it, when you want it. Spotlight has been printed for our employees and retirees since the 1970s; it's the core of our corporate communications to them. But lately, employees have been asking for something different that better...
Peak Shaving Generators
Peak Shaving Generators
Despite the high July temperatures, Greenville Utilities, along with industrial customer DSM Dyneema, were able to see significant energy cost savings. How? Because of a new natural gas generation system, right at the DSM plant. Our Gas Department began expanding the natural gas main last fall while...