2018
November
Greenville Utilities has picked up one of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies’ (AMWA) most prestigious awards. The AMWA presented GUC with...
Water quality is a top priority for our Water Resources Department. Work performed at the Water Treatment Plant is just one step in the process. Delivering that quality water is an entirely different process involving 631 miles of water mains. Over the past three months, approximately 2,700 feet...
October
Service Awards
10 years
Gretchen Maloney, Customer Contact Representative II
Kendra Nettles, WTP Laboratory Technician II
Brooke...
Jackie Hardy, Water Treatment Plant Staff Support Specialist III, recently retired after 26 years with Greenville Utilities. Jackie provided invaluable support to the entire Plant, responsible for day-to-day activities like assisting staff and crews with various documents, organizing plant tours...
Greenville Utilities celebrated Public Power Week and Public Natural Gas Week October 7 – 12, 2018. These annual events give GUC a chance to celebrate with our community all of the advantages that locally-owned and operated utilities provide.
We shared the many benefits of being a public...
Our employees who work in the field use knives as a regular part of their job, and we all know a sharp knife is not only easier to use, it’s safer too. A Lighthouse observation recently brought a safer method of knife sharpening to Greenville Utilities.
During an observation, the employee...
Join us in welcoming Kelly L. Darden, Jr. to the Greenville Utilities Board of Commissioners. Commissioner Darden was...
What better way to celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month than by featuring an employee whose main responsibility is to keep our systems safe from ever-changing cyber threats! GUC has a team of employees in the Information Technology (IT) Department who oversee network and data...
The weather could not have cooperated better for GUC’s first Family Fun & Outdoor Movie Night on Saturday, October 6th, when employees and their families gathered for more than just a movie under the stars.
The fun began before sunset, with kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding, beach...
Freeboot Friday
Greenville Utilities once again participated in Freeboot Friday, this time with country music sensation Parmelee. Bucket trucks along with a booth full of GUC branded giveaways were set up for people of all ages to enjoy. Because of...
Earl Harris / 30 Years
Cybersecurity is an issue that Greenville Utilities takes very seriously. Our Information Technology (IT) Department has a lot of safeguards in place to protect our systems and maintain our customers’ trust. In recognition of National Cybersecurity Month, GUC is taking extra measures to get the...
Ralph Langley recently retired after 30 years of service with GUC. Ralph started his career as a General Utility Worker and moved up to Crew Leader II. As a Crew Leader for the last 20 years, he supervised a crew of four while installing gas mains for different projects. He and his...
The Government Finance Officers’ Association (GFOA) has presented Greenville Utilities three awards related to how the Finance Department communicates financial information.
GUC won the Distinguished Budget Presentation for the second year in a row. To win the award, the...
General Manager / CEO Tony Cannon, Assistant Director of Electric Services John Worrell, and Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent Jason Manning spoke at the Cypress Glen Sierra Club meeting on September 10th. They shared information about many of GUC initiatives with a focus on...
The Main Office for Greenville Utilities, located in Uptown Greenville, was built in 1973 and is in need of some renovations. With Wells Fargo recently moving out of the building’s first floor, the Management Team and Board of Commissioners feel that now is the right time to begin the renovation...
More progress and changes have been made regarding the New Operations Center. Bids for site work came in higher than anticipated, so our internal GUC Project Team, along with the Construction Manager at Risk (Barnhill Contracting Company) and the designer (CT Consultants), went back to the...
Hurricane Florence, the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the Carolinas, brought mass destruction to North and South Carolina, while leaving Pitt County and Greenville Utilities customers with hardly a mark compared to communities not far away.
The path of Hurricane...
September
Bobby Green, Gas Systems Crew Leader I, recently retired after 30 years of service with GUC. Bobby worked with his crew to install gas services for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. “I enjoyed being outside and getting to meet different people on the job,” said Bobby...