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Greenville Utilities’ Finance Department earned three awards from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for the 2025 Fiscal Year. Earning all three awards is a rare accomplishment and is celebrated as the “Triple Crown.”For the 17th consecutive year, Finance earned the Certificate of…

Greenville Utilities Crews will close a portion of Millbrook Street beginning Monday in order to make emergency repairs to a section of the sewer system. Hooker Road will then be closed about a week later for work there. Crews made temporary repairs to a piece of sewer line on Hooker Road back…

Greenville Utilities Board of Commissioners elected Ferrell Blount, Wanda Carr, and Dillon Godley as their officers at the Board’s July 16, 2026, meeting. Commissioner Blount, President of Blount Petroleum Corporation, was elected Chair. He has served on the Board since 2021.Commissioner Carr…

Marvin Edmonds The Greenville City Council has appointed Marvin Edmonds to a three-year term on the Greenville Utilities Board of Commissioners as a County Representative. Commissioner Edmonds is a Corporate Electrical Engineer for ECU Health.Commissioner Edmonds is looking forward to serving on…

Energy Saver North Carolina is a fairly new state program that uses rebates to assist families with upgrades to make their homes more energy efficient. This is not a GUC program, but we want to make our customers aware of it. The program is a…

As the Independence Day holiday approaches, it is important to remember to keep personal fireworks displays away from powerlines. If fireworks meet the lines, it can cause a fire, power outage, and possibly injuries. Also, don’t use pad-mounted electrical equipment as a firework launchpad.…

The GUC Board of Commissioners adopted the updated version of their Strategic Plan at their June 18, 2026, meeting. GUC has utilized strategic plans for decades to help guide and prioritize the Commission’s projects, policies, and actions.“As a community-owned utility, we serve the best interest of…

Greenville Utilities is helping provide relief from the heat for some local residents by purchasing 100 fans for those in need and delivering them on Thursday, June 18, to the Pitt County Council on Aging for distribution.For more than 25 years, GUC has provided fans to be distributed to the…

We have already had several days in June with temperatures rising into the 90s with some reports of temps in the low 100s. Those scorching temperatures, and those expected the rest of the summer, could mean higher-than-normal utility bills.The higher the temperatures climb outdoors the more energy…

Beginning June 15 and continuing through July 27, 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 chlorine and…