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GUC celebrated its first community solar farm with panel subscribers, GUC leadership, and community leaders during a ribbon cutting ceremony during Public Power Week in October. GUC’s Community Solar Farm is the second of its kind in North Carolina. Located next the Liquefied Natural Gas Plant… Read more

Greenville Utilities wrapped up a week of celebrating the unique value public utilities bring to their communities. Recognized during the first full week of October each year, Public Power Week and Public Natural Gas Week celebrate the unique benefits that more than 2,000 public utilities… Read more

The Greenville Utilities Gas Department was awarded the Carolinas Public Gas Association’s T.R.U.S.T. (Training, Responsibility, Understanding Safety, and Transparency) Award at the Silver Level. The T.R.U.S.T. Award recognizes organizations in the gas industry who demonstrate excellence in safety… Read more

The Finance Department has earned multiple awards for the 2024 fiscal year for excellence in budget presentation, reporting, and purchasing. Several awards came from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). “These accomplishments are a testament to… Read more

GUC’s IT Department’s Cybersecurity Improvement Team received the 2025 Best of North Carolina Technology Award for Outstanding Leadership during the NC Digital Government Summit, hosted by the NC Department of Information Technology.As a part of their efforts, the team engaged the Department of… Read more

GUC has earned five Public Power Awards of Excellence from ElectriCities of North Carolina. This is the 20th year in a row that GUC was a recipient of a Public Power of Excellence award.  “These awards are a great reflection of the commitment of our employees,” said General Manager / CEO… Read more

Greenville Utilities Board of Commissioners elected Mark Garner, Ferrell Blount, and Wanda Carr as their officers at the Board’s July 17, 2025, meeting.Commissioner Garner, a retired planning and engineering consultant, was elected Chair. He has served on the Board since 2023.Commissioner Blount,… Read more

  The Greenville City Council has appointed Robert (Bob) Shaw and Simon Swain to three-year terms on the Greenville Utilities Board of Commissioners.  Commissioner Shaw is a retired Pulmonary Critical Care Doctor who served in private practice as well as taught at ECU and Pitt… Read more

Greenville Utilities Commission anticipates that its two new liquified natural gas cryogenic tanks, measuring 13 feet in diameter and 116 feet long, will be offloaded from a train and transported via truck this weekend. The tanks are for the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Plant expansion. The tanks… Read more

Beginning June 16 and continuing through July 28, 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