2017

November

October

A lot has changed at the site of our soon-to-be third electric delivery point on Mills Road since last October, when it only housed equipment and supplies being saved from Hurricane Matthew flood waters. Now, construction on the site is about 95% complete and stocked with everything needed to...

Greenville Utilities celebrated Public Power Week and Public Natural Gas Week October 1 — 7, 2017. These annual events give GUC a chance to celebrate with our...

Touch A Truck

Kids of all ages enjoyed GUC equipment at the Martin-Pitt Partnership for Children's second annual Touch A Truck event in Greenville on October 28th. Thank you to the following employees for making that happen: Mickey Dawson and Chris Wallace (Gas...

Service Awards

Jesse Chadwick / 30 Years

Jesse Chadwick, Chemist at the Water Treatment Plant (WTP), recently celebrated...

Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) employees provided a spooky and spectacular educational experience for kids of all ages during a special set of "Trick or Treatment" tours on October 26th.

"I think it's safe to say that our visitors had a 'frightfully' good time," said Jo Ellen Gay,...

Don't miss out on visiting with the following benefit providers in November

Cigna - health and dental
Pierce Insurance - supplemental benefits: disability, critical illness, accident;
Prudential 401(k) - retirement; and
Flexible Benefit Administrators -...

Congratulations to our Human Resources Department for being honored with the Agency Award for Excellence from the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR). This award was established to recognize the overall quality, accomplishments, and contributions of a human...

As the Infrastructure Manager for the Information Technology (IT) Department, Tony Godwin has played a big role in GUC's technology advancement over...

September

Lighthouse is our employee-driven safety process. It's behavior-based with the goal of reducing risks and removing barriers to safety.
Lighthouse � making your workplace safer.

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In early September, Hurricane Irma made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane and caused massive damage to Florida's west coast, center, and east coast before moving on...

North Pitt GUC Day

A big thank you to all of our departments for stepping up to help Human Resources pull off the GUC Career Day at North Pitt High School on September 21st. The school opened up the gym and the outside field for us to share all of the many career opportunities offered at...

By Seth Thomas Gulledge | Photos by Juliette Cooke
Greenville Magazine Fall 2017 article (republished with permission)

According to the Greenville Utilities Commission, people flush some weird things down their toilets, let strange things go down the drain and even find a way to put...

Service Awards

Courtney Basile / 20 Years

Courtney Basile, Business Analyst II, celebrated 20 years of service with Greenville...

Scott Jablonski, Human Resources (HR) Administrative Assistant, has recently taken a new role at Greenville Utilities. As the Administrative Assistant, Scott's responsibilities and duties have increased.

Before his current title, Scott was the temporary HR Support Clerk. His main...

From left to right: Leonard Haddock, Jay Wetherington, Blake Jones, Hunter Dixon, David Boyd, Chris Evans, Mike Carmon, Erik Askew

This month, we continue our Spotlight on the Finance Department by highlighting our central...

Melvin Foreman, Gas Service Worker Senior, recently retired after 23 years with Greenville Utilities. Melvin began his career at GUC in Water Resources and...

The wellness program at Greenville Utilities and the City of Greenville was recently selected as the Cigna Carolina's 2017 Well-Being Award recipient. According to Cigna, applications with vigorous wellness initiatives and programs were received by the Carolina's.

"Our national Well-Being...

Thank You Messages Received Via Email Following Hurricane Irma:

I came to a stop at the light at the intersection of Kathleen Road and Duff Road today in Kathleen, Florida, near Lakeland.  I saw the beautiful sight of a line of your trucks turning south onto...

With Hurricane Irma no longer a threat for our area, Greenville Utilities Commission (GUC) is sending a team of 54 people to Florida. The crews, who were joined by a pair of workers from Kinston and left Greenville this morning, are responding to a request from the Orlando Utilities Commission (...

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