September 2023 Newsmakers
September 2023 Newsmakers
Service Awards Liz Brown / 30 Years Liz Brown, Support Analyst II in Customer Relations, is celebrating her 30th anniversary with GUC. Her main responsibility is checking the Customer Care and Billing (CC&B) system each day to verify that customers are being billed correctly. This includes...
September 2023 Board Notes
September 2023 Board Notes
Water Resources After several employee recognitions, the Board approved a request from staff to apply for a $500,000 forgivable loan from the state to help offset the cost of removing PFAS substances from GUC’s drinking water. PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been used since the 1950...
iLead Alumni Workshop
iLead Alumni Workshop
Five classes of iLead alumni came together as one group for the first time on August 30th to celebrate five years of the program with a luncheon and a half-day workshop presented by Pam Pippin, of Pippin Resource Group. Pam is a certified facilitator of The Third Option by Miles McPherson. iLead is...
Jeffrey Clemons Retires
Jeffrey Clemons Retires
Water Resources Pipe Layer III Jeffrey Clemons recently retired with 22 years of service with GUC. Jeffrey was on one of the system maintenance crews that handle trouble calls, perform maintenance on more than 3,550 fire hydrants, and inspect and clean more than 13,800 valves within the water system...
Five Awards of Excellence Received
Five Awards of Excellence Received
Five for five. That’s what GUC did again this year, earning Public Power Awards of Excellence in all five categories offered by ElectriCities. Roy Jones, CEO of ElectriCities of North Carolina, presented the awards at our September Board of Commissioners meeting. The categories mirror the...