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Greenville Utilities has been keeping an eye on Hurricane Ian and is ready to respond as necessary. Crews are checking and positioning equipment and supplies to most efficiently be available to help restore power in case of any outages. As is the case every day and night, crews are on standby,…

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-…

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…

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…

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,…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…