January 2019

From hurricanes to rodeos, Underground Lineworker Remington Gaskins has been able to experience a lot in his two years as a Lineworker and three years with other crews at Greenville Utilities.

Remington joined GUC in 2014 as a Buildings and Grounds Co-op before moving to the Electric...

2018 was a banner year for the Lighthouse process with data that set new records.

A total of 3,042 observations were completed in 2018. That’s a 48% increase from 2017. These observations provided an opportunity for employees to talk about safe and at-risk behaviors and...

Congratulations to our Water Resources Department on being awarded Collection System of the Year by the NC Section of the American Water Works Association - Water Environment Federation (NC AWWA-WEA).The mission of the award is to identify and recognize utilities that protect the public health...

Chris Candler, Systems Dispatcher II in the Electric Department, recently retired after 32 years of service with Greenville Utilities. In addition to working in Station 1, Chris also worked in the Finance Department’s Credit Section for nine years.

As a Dispatcher, Chris was actively...

Mark Windham recently retired after 31.5 years of service with GUC. Mark was the Load Management/Systems Dispatch Supervisor in the Electric Department. He supervised the Load Management Technicians as well as the Dispatchers in Station One.

Mark was one of the key people involved in...

December was a busy month for capturing photos of decorations, Santa’s visit, and the holiday party. Along the way, we discovered some departments taking on their own holiday fundraising projects.

The Electric Department held its annual oyster roast on December 12th...

There were no caps and gowns at this graduation, but there sure were a lot of happy faces. Greenville Utilities’ iLead program had a successful wrap-up for the class of 16 graduates with a recognition ceremony during the December Board of Commissioners meeting. iLead is an internal...