2019
June
In the Boring Rig building where employees fabricate gas meter sets, it was noticed during an observation that the electrical cords were laying across the floor. This could cause a trip hazard that could lead to an injury.
The suggestion was made to install a retractable cord reel to the...
Greenville Utilities’ Gas Department was recently awarded the 2018 American Gas Association (AGA) Safety Achievement Award for excellence in employee safety.
AGA Safety Achievement Award recipients are determined based on the lowest incident rate for the number of restricted or...
Hurricane season began June 1st and runs through November 30th. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) forecasters are calling for a “near-normal” year, with 9 to 15 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher). Of those, four to eight could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph...
For the fourth year in a row, our Water Treatment Plant has received the prestigious North Carolina Area Wide Optimization Award. The NC Division of Water Resources has included Greenville Utilities among the 57 out of 149 water treatment plants in the state honored for surpassing federal and...
Our Water Treatment Plant (WTP) has a highly-skilled team of Maintenance Mechanics and Instrument Technicians responsible for keeping the Plant’s instrumentation and equipment in top working order. One of these team members is Maintenance Mechanic II Tripp Morgan.
“We...
The week of May 13th was National Infrastructure Week, and the Electric Department just happened to receive a mighty big delivery that week that will help boost our electric system reliability. After almost a month on the road, a 120 MVA transformer arrived at our MacGregor Downs...
Chamber Leadership (pictured above)
Dail Booth, Water Treatment Plant Operations Coordinator, and Alan Cummings, Gas Engineering Assistant, recently graduated from the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce...
What do people with mobility issues do during an emergency if they are in a building with an elevator? Wade Corbitt, Water Treatment Plant Instrument Technician, recently identified this hazard and received GUC’s highest level (Level 3) of hazard recognition incentives for it.
Wade...
Service Awards
Josh Dickens / 25 Years
Josh Dickens, Water Resources Systems Maintenance Crew Leader...
May
Gary Allen joined our GUC team in April as the new Safety Culture Specialist.
He is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and comes to us with more than 10...
Greenville Utilities’ iLead program is in full swing with its fourth class. iLead is an internal leadership, education, and development program that launched in 2016. The program is for participants to prepare themselves to compete for leadership positions at GUC.
Earlier this year,...
For the second time this year, a team of Electric Department employees traded hard hats for cowboy hats, this time at the 58th Annual North Carolina Association of Municipal Electric Systems (NCAMES) Lineman’s Rodeo in Fayetteville, NC, on May 16th. More than 100 public power lineworkers from...
We all work hard every day, and it’s good to receive some recognition for the outstanding job we do, day in and day out. Greenville Utilities recently received Awards of Excellence in the following five categories from ElectriCities of North Carolina:
Grid Modernization ...
Our own Communications Manager / Public Information Officer (PIO) Steve Hawley was named 2019 Communicator of the Year by the North Carolina City & County Communicators (NC3C). The award was presented as part of NC3C’s annual Excellence in Communications Awards at NC3C’s annual...
For the second time in our 114-year history, we achieved an important milestone — two million consecutive man hours without a lost workday due to injury. What an incredible feat! The last time we hit the 2M hours mark was in February of 2012.
In total, we have reached the one or two...
Service Awards
Roger Jones / 40 Years
Director of Electric Systems Roger Jones, P.E., recently...
Safety is a top priority here at GUC. The NC Department of Labor (NCDOL) and the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce recognized our efforts to work safely at the annual Safety Banquet on April 16th. For some of our departments, this was the twelfth consecutive year earning...