Welcome to our News Room! Here you’ll find recent press releases and other news about GUC.
For media inquiries, please contact Steve Hawley, Public Information Officer/Communications Manager, 252-551-1522.
Greenville Utilities recently received five Awards of Excellence from ElectriCities of North Carolina. ElectriCities CEO Roy Jones presented the awards at the GUC Board of Commissioners’ September 15 meeting. Awards were presented in the following categories: Grid Modernization-… Read more
Greenville Utilities is preparing to launch a text notification system that will inform customers about power outages around the clock. The messages will include an initial alert soon after the system indicates an outage that affects the customer, a link to the outage map and estimated restoration… Read more
Big thanks to the customers who participated in the recent customer satisfaction survey. GUC continues to receive high praise for our customer service and reliability. We value your feedback and will use it to get even better. As a community-owned utility, GUC’s driving force is a commitment… Read more
For the eighth time in its 117-year history, Greenville Utilities has achieved an important milestone -- one million consecutive man hours without a lost workday due to injury. GUC previously hit the three-million-hour mark in 2020. Considering the challenges of delivering electric, water,… Read more
Greenville Utilities (GUC) has launched a Smart Thermostat Pilot Program to reduce energy consumption. The program is a partnership with ecobee, a smart thermostat company, and provides incentives for customers who have an ecobee smart thermostat in their home and sign up for the program. The … Read more
Greenville Utilities Board of Commissioners elected Kelly Darden, Jr., Peter Geiger, and Lindsey Griffin as their officers at the Board’s July 21, 2022, meeting. Mr. Darden, a Mental Health Counselor and internationally-known outdoorsman/ broadcaster, was elected Chair. He served as… Read more
The Greenville City Council has appointed Marcus Jones to the Greenville Utilities Board of Commissioners for a three-year term, beginning July 1. He replaces Minnie Anderson who has completed her terms of office. Commissioner Jones is a Disaster Relief Case Worker for Greene Lamp, a non… Read more
Greenville Utilities Commission (GUC) is about to begin conducting a phone survey to assess the effectiveness of its natural gas pipeline education program. The survey is part of a federally-required effort to educate the public about the natural gas pipelines in the area, how to identify natural… Read more
Beginning June 20 and continuing through August 1, Greenville Utilities will temporarily change the disinfectant used in the water treatment process. GUC will be using chlorine rather than chloramines during this period of time. Since December 2002, GUC has used chloramines, a mixture of… Read more
Gas Pipeline InspectorGreenville Utilities is conducting an annual inspection of natural gas pipelines. To maintain the safety of its natural gas pipelines, GUC inspects all portions of the gas system in accordance with federal, state, and local guidelines to ensure compliance, system operation,… Read more