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June 2025 Birthdays

GUC rodeo team with 12 members

GUC Linemen Place at NCAMES Rodeo

Greenville Utilities linemen displayed agility, strength, and expertise during the NCAMES (North Carolina Association of Municipal Electric Systems) 2025 Linemen Rodeo on May 15th, placing in several categories. Lineworker First Class David Guy was a GUC team coach as well as a judge for the rodeo...

iLead 2025 Group

New iLead Group Features Representative from Every Department

The 2025 iLead session kicked off with 14 employees in the newest cohort. “Last year’s group set the bar high with their commitment and collaboration. This year’s group seems equally dynamic, and I’m really excited to see how things unfold as they begin spending more time together,” said Carrie Peed...

Remote controlled boat

Little Boat That Could

If you happened to be at the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) recently, you would have spotted what looked like a radio-controlled toy boat in the impoundment area. It was, however, a fairly sophisticated remote-controlled vessel that measures the impoundment’s sediment buildup and is a very different...

Doug Boone poses for a photo inside the Operations Center.

May 2025 Featured Employee: Doug Boone

Doug Boone’s journey to GUC wasn’t a linear one. It was one that took him from Fayetteville to Iraq and Afghanistan to Pinetops and finally to Greenville. Born and raised in Fayetteville, his perspective of the world was always expanded. His mother is Korean, so Doug grew up with a foot in two...