Sept. 15, 2026, 6:04 p.m. ET
At Fuel South, being “a gas for good” is extra than simply slogan; it is a lifestyle.
“We do not simply see ourselves as a utility firm,” says Valentina Betancur, Fuel South’s Senior Expertise Enablement Coordinator. “In fact we need to present individuals with the perfect service and expertise we will, identical to some other utility firm. However we need to empower staff to attach with our clients [on a human level].”
Based in Atlanta in 2006 as a completely owned subsidiary of Cobb Electrical Membership Company, Fuel South is a pure gasoline supplier now serving practically 500,000 residential, industrial, industrial and wholesale clients throughout greater than 15 states.
Regardless of the corporate’s development over the past 20 years, its core mission has remained the identical: to make a distinction for its clients, staff and native communities.
Betancur explains that the group cares about whether or not clients pays their invoice on the finish of every month. They need to join clients with different companies and be a listening ear throughout good and unhealthy occasions.
“It breeds a really enjoyable and light-weight setting when you understand that the corporate you’re employed for really does care about individuals genuinely,” she says.
That real care additionally reveals up in Fuel South’s group involvement.
With the assistance of the corporate’s “small, however mighty” group affairs group, Fuel South provides again 5% of its earnings to native organizations addressing childhood primary wants, schooling and well being. In 2025 alone, Fuel South donated practically $6 million to communities in want.
Staff members moreover have the chance to request group grants to assist fund organizations which might be near their hearts.
These efforts to help clients and group additionally prolong to how Fuel South staff intention to deal with one another. Wins are celebrated, private development is inspired, and success is measured by how successfully they convey to unravel issues.
“Can we now have these onerous conversations? Can we name one another out on selections that we do not suppose are the perfect selections for that second [or] undertaking, regardless of the scenario could be? Do we now have that rapport, that goodwill with each other to have the ability to do this,” Betancur says.
The reply, is overwhelmingly sure, based on Fuel South staff. In actual fact, they are saying they really feel heard, supported and valued on a regular basis, making it simple to see why the corporate was named certainly one of USA TODAY’s prime workplaces for the third consecutive yr.
So whether or not they’re serving to clients over the telephone or exchanging concepts by means of worker useful resource teams, the objective of Fuel South staff stays the identical: connection.
“We’re all the time trying to be taught from one another, from voices in our group,” Betancur says.
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