Service Awards

Margie Taylor / 20 Years

Accountant/Auditor IV Margie Taylor has celebrated 20 years of service with GUC in the Finance Department. Margie is responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, and accounting issues. She also completes sales tax reports and various reports and surveys for state and federal agencies. In addition, Margie assists the Chief Financial Officer with debt issuance and disclosure reporting. "These 20 years have flown by," she said. "This is a good place to work with nice people. GUC looks after and values its employees." Margie and her husband, John, have four adult children and one grandson. In her spare time, Margie enjoys her family and reading fiction novels.

Linda Hinton / 20 Years

Linda Hinton celebrates 20 years of service with Greenville Utilities this month. She is a Systems Dispatcher II at Station 1 and handles everything from outages to customer service and billing questions 24/7. Linda and the other Dispatchers have to be knowledgeable about so many aspects of GUC in order to assist our customers in hundreds of different scenarios. After normal operating hours, they take care of all calls for the Electric, Water Resources, and Gas Departments. They also work closely with the Meter Section and Substation/Controls. "I really love what I do," said Linda. "I enjoy being behind the scenes keeping our customers lights, water, and gas on. I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of people through GUC that I would not have met otherwise and have made some good friends. I've also had the opportunity to give back to the community." Linda has four grown sons who still live in Pitt County. During her spare time, Linda serves as the financial secretary at her church and enjoys traveling. Her favorite place to visit is Florida.

Promotions

Jerry Sneed, Electric Meter Technician II
Megan Fowler, Billing Specialist I
Jarrett McGalliard, Water Resources Engineering Support Manager

Retirements

Congratulations to Eddie Brock, Water Resources Engineering Support Manager, on his recent retirement from GUC!

Congratulations

Congratulations to Carrie Peed, E-Learning Instructional Designer/Trainer, and her husband on the birth of their grandson, Dylan Edward Barrera.

Sympathies

Our deepest sympathies go to Safety Specialist Quentin Corey on the loss of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Doris Wooten Crandall.

Our condolences are extended to Gas Systems Crew Leader Butch Mills, Underground Lineworker Randy Mills, and Wastewater Treatment Plant Maii'mntenance Mechanic Jeff Mills on the loss of their mother, Mrs. Betsy Spain Mills. Mrs. Mills was also the grandmother of Customer Relations Administrative Assistant LeAnne Wetherington. 

Thank You's

Cierra Moore called to compliment Customer Contact Representative Emily Cruse for helping Ms. Moore through the process of moving. "Emily gave exceptional customer service by providing me with copies of my previous statements and even reached out to your credit office for me," said Mr. Moore. "She was awesome."

David Bennett with the East Carolina University School of Medicine sent a thank you email regarding help that he and his staff received from our Electric Department on a Saturday. "It is a true blessing to have such a great relationship with GUC, and I just wanted to let you know we are very thankful for your service," he wrote. "Jeffrey Williams and his crew were the reason we were able to get the campus back on. Thanks also to Kyle Brown for his help during this outage." Employees responding to this event were: Troubleshooter Crew Leader Jeffrey Williams, Underground Maintenance Crew Leader Kevin Willoughby, Underground Lineworker Travis Ransom, Electric Planning Engineer Kyle Brown, and Control Systems Technician Brian Smith.

Bryan and Debra Peterson dropped off a thank you note following the January winter storm. "Many thanks for your customer service representatives, Energy Services Officer Jonathan Sergeant, and all of Greenville Utilities workers for setting us up as recent customers; always being polite, courteous, and informative; and working hard to keep us safe and warm during the snow," they wrote. "Also, Jonathan helped us to see how we can better manage our utilities."

Brad Williams sent an email praising Energy Services Officers Jonathan Sergeant, Seth Shoneman, and Jim Rapin. "They were able to accommodate my work schedule and made sure that the insulation and HV/AC replacement was smooth and successful," he wrote. "Thank you for providing this service to the community and for having such quality employees."

Mark Lews also called in a compliment for Jonathan, Seth, and Jim for their assistance with a water leak. "I just want to let you know GUC has three good fellas there and they are on the ball," he said. "They didn't take any time coming out and taking care of me. I really appreciate it."

New Hires

Brian Weigand, Finance Collections Manager