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GUC Celebrates Benefits of Community Ownership
October 7 - 13, 2007

Public Power Week and Public Natural Gas Week are events that occur annually the first full week in October, and celebrated this year October 7-13. Greenville Utilities is one of over 70 publicly-owned utilities in North Carolina that provide electric and natural gas service to their customers. GUC serves more than 61,650 electric and 20,930 natural gas customer connections in Greenville and Pitt County. 

As a community-owned utility, GUC’s priorities are different from private, investor-owned utilities. Unlike private utilities, we are not driven to maximize profits for out-of-town stockholders. Instead, we concentrate on investing in our system to provide reliable, top quality service to our customers right here at home. 

Public power and gas customers benefit from utility policies that are established by local officials who live and work in their community. That local control, joined with local operation, benefits our community by allowing revenue to stay “home” and enabling our communities to grow and prosper.  

GUC employs a team of 410 individuals, including lineworkers, gas and electric technicians, support staff, and administrative personnel. Public utility employees live in the communities in which they serve, and are readily available in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.

Click here for more information about Public Power Week.
Click here for more information about Public Natural Gas Week.