Gainesville Regional Utilities

With its slate-gray stripes, towering cypress trees and cascading bio-swales, Southwest Ninth Street stands out as Innovation Square’s signature corridor. The roadway caught the eye of industry leaders too – Southwest Ninth Street was recognized as the state’s 2015 Project of the Year in the under $5 million transportation category by the Florida chapter of...

By Bradley Osburn Gainesville Regional Utilities proposed it fiscal year 2014 budget to the Gainesville City Commission on Tuesday during a seven-hour long presentation that ended with the commission tabling the discussion until a later date. GRU proposed two rating options that would affect residential consumers who purchase what GRU called its full basket of...

By Caitlyn Finnegan Gainesville City Commissioners are ready to tackle another controversial topic on the agenda this week: ordering the sale of the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center biomass plant to the city. The special session is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 200 E. University Ave., and will focus solely on public...

Gainesville Regional Utilities General Manager Bob Hunzinger has been elected to chair the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council, Inc. (FRCC) and the Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group (FCG) for a two-year term. The council and coordinating group are tasked with maintaining a bulk electricity supply that can be shared among Florida’s utilities, ensuring that the flow...