The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority will meet for the first time at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Gainesville City Hall Auditorium.

In its fiscal year 2024 budget presentation on Wednesday, Aug. 9, GRU will request rate increases in the electric and wastewater systems to cover rising costs and to support the utility’s long-term plan to reduce debt and become more financially stable.

As students eagerly return to Gainesville for the upcoming academic year, GRU is gearing up to meet the surge of over 14,000 additional utility service demands.

Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings affirmed GRU’s “stable” outlook in its annual report of GRU’s credit rating published on June 30, 2023.

As the General Manager of GRU, I am responsible for ensuring that our customers receive high-quality, essential utility services every moment of every day, and I am absolutely committed to this mission.

GRU is reducing its electric fuel adjustment on July 1, saving a residential electric customer using 1,000 kWh $15 a month as summer heats up.

Americans paid about 14% more for electricity according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

GRU General Manager Tony Cunningham and Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward celebrated the local winners of this year's Drop Savers Water Conservation contest on Tuesday, May 30 at the GRU Administration Building.

Gainesville Regional Utilities is pleased to announce that Gainesville has placed first in its population category in the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation.

If you walk over to your thermostat and set it at 78 degrees or higher this summer, you will have taken the No. 1 step toward lowering your utility bill.

With a bill that would create a new independent board to oversee Gainesville Regional Utilities on the governor’s desk, GRU General Manager Tony Cunningham is ensuring customers, employees, vendors and all other partners that a change in governance would not alter the utility’s obligation to deliver safe and reliable services and honor all agreements.

In conjunction with Drinking Water Week, the 2022 Water Quality Report is here!

Gainesville Regional Utilities has installed or retrofitted approximately 19,500 electric, water, and gas meters or modules this year as it moves forward with its Meter Upgrade Project.

GRU and contractors from Rountree Transport & Rigging moved a 114,000-pound transformer into place Monday, May 1, at GRU’s Sugarfoot Substation.

GRU is reducing its electric fuel adjustment and purchased gas adjustment charges beginning April 1, bringing well-timed relief to customers as summer approaches.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded GRU a $22.5 million grant through its Wastewater Grant Program on Friday, Feb. 10.

Tony Cunningham was promoted to general manager of GRU on Jan. 19 after holding the interim role for approximately one year.

Like many employers across the country, GRU has faced staffing shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Did you know heating your home can require twice as much energy as cooling it?

GRU’s LEEP plus program is in need of local contractors to install energy-efficient appliances and complete insulation projects.