SECO Energy Tracking Tropical Storm Nicole

SECO Energy Tracking Tropical Storm Nicole

SECO Energy is tracking Tropical Storm Nicole as it slowly nears Florida’s east coast. Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane before potentially making landfall early Thursday morning.   A Hurricane Warning is in effect for much of Florida’s east coast and the Bahamas. TS Nicole is a large storm […]

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SECO Energy Trustee Mike Muffett Earns Director Gold Credential

SECO Energy Trustee Mike Muffett Earns Director Gold Credential

SECO Energy Board of Trustees District 6 Trustee Mike Muffett has successfully completed the requirements to earn the Director Gold Credential (DGS) from the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (NRECA).   According to the NRECA, the DGC recognizes directors/trustees who desire a tangible credential that demonstrates their ongoing commitment to advancing their knowledge and performing […]

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SECO News November 2022

SECO News November 2022

Dear Members,   Your SECO Energy Board of Trustees unanimously approved a Capital Credits retirement of $2.9 million to current and former members. Look for your Capital Credits retirement amount on your November billing statement.   Sumter Electric brought electricity to rural residents of Central Florida through the Rural Electrification Act (REA). In 1938, the […]

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SECO News October 2022

SECO News October 2022

Dear Members, I am honored to serve as your Board President. As our CEO Curtis Wynn has highlighted in previous articles, we remain committed to maintaining our electric grid and keeping up with the growth we are experiencing system-wide.  I want to highlight some of those specific activities.   Members who live in Sumter County […]

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SECO Energy Fully Restored After Hurricane Ian

SECO Energy Fully Restored After Hurricane Ian

SECO Energy has restored electric service to all accounts after Hurricane Ian charged through its service area. SECO crews and contractors worked from Wednesday afternoon to Friday late evening to complete the restoration effort. Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida Wednesday afternoon, swept across Central Florida before moving into the Atlantic Ocean and making […]

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SECO Energy Recovering After Hurricane Ian

SECO Energy Recovering After Hurricane Ian

SECO Energy is recovering after Hurricane Ian swept through most of its Central Florida service area. Crews worked overnight Thursday in the continued effort to restore electric service to all homes and businesses that are deemed safe to receive service.     Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm, slowly moved […]

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SECO Energy Works Overnight Through Hurricane Ian

SECO Energy Works Overnight Through Hurricane Ian

SECO Energy worked overnight Wednesday to begin restoring electric service to homes and businesses that lost power as Hurricane Ian moved across Florida but was forced to temporarily delay restoration efforts this morning in Sumter and Lake Counties due to high winds. It is unsafe to raise truck buckets in winds higher than 35 mph. […]

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SECO Energy Preparing for Hurricane Ian

SECO Energy Preparing for Hurricane Ian

SECO Energy is preparing for the weather effects of Hurricane Ian as it looms closer to the Florida Peninsula. The hurricane is expected to strengthen to a major Category 4 hurricane and possibly make landfall near Tampa Bay early Thursday morning.   Hurricane Ian quickly increased in size and maximum wind speeds overnight. Based on […]

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SECO Energy Tracking Tropical Depression Nine

SECO Energy Tracking Tropical Depression Nine

SECO Energy is tracking Tropical Depression Nine as it slowly moves on a westerly track toward the Florida Peninsula. Tropical Depression Nine (TD9) is expected to strengthen to a hurricane this weekend. The storm would be renamed Hurricane Hermine and could impact Central Florida as a Category 2 hurricane early next week.   TD9 was […]

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SECO News September 2022

SECO News September 2022

Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. Thankfully, at print time for this edition of SECO News, the season has been inactive, and the forecast revised. But it only takes one powerful tropical storm or hurricane to bring widespread damage to transmission and distribution electric infrastructure, so don’t let your guard down. […]

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