SECO Energy, the trusted electric cooperative serving over 235,000 homes and businesses in Central Florida, recently celebrated a significant milestone in its partnership with Gresco Utility Supply, a fellow not-for-profit cooperative. This partnership has proven to be a significant benefit to SECO Energy and its members through Capital Credits delivered to SECO by another cooperative […]
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SECO Energy, an electric cooperative serving over 235,000 homes and businesses in seven Central Florida counties, is excited to announce the approval of a $2.01 million Capital Credits retirement to its current and former members. The decision, approved by the SECO Energy Board of Trustees, highlights the cooperative’s ongoing commitment to its members and communities. […]
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced $3.46 billion in funding through its Investing in America Agenda Funds Projects through which SECO Energy has been approved to move forward in its grid resiliency project. Funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the selected projects will improve the delivery of safe, reliable and affordable energy for Americans […]
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SECO Energy has completed two pilot LED (light-emitting diode) roadway lighting projects along Buena Vista Boulevard and Morse Boulevard. Both areas are heavily traveled roadways in The Villages. The majority of roadway lighting in The Villages is high-pressure sodium (HPS), which is quickly becoming an outdated product. LED lighting is the more energy-efficient […]
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SECO Energy CEO Curtis Wynn announced a significant reduction to residential members’ monthly energy bills that will appear on bills arriving in October to reflect September usage. The adjustment, known formally as the Power Cost Adjustment (PCA), will result in average bills totaling their lowest cost in the last five years. SECO Energy coined […]
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SECO Energy is lending a hand to a fellow Florida cooperative Tri-County Electric Cooperative in Madison. Tri-County’s service area was ravaged by Hurricane Idalia as it made landfall in the Big Bend area on Wednesday, August 30. When Tri-County put out the call for mutual aid from its fellow cooperatives, SECO Energy answered the call […]
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SECO Energy is recovering from Hurricane Idalia as the storm’s outer rain bands and tropical storm-force winds moved across its Central Florida service area. SECO employees and contracted line and tree crews worked overnight Tuesday into Wednesday through inclement weather to restore service to members affected by power outages. SECO welcomed almost 500 mutual aid […]
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SECO Energy continues to track the path of Hurricane Idalia as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico toward the Florida Peninsula. As expected, Idalia strengthened into a hurricane overnight and accelerated its movement north. At 11:00 a.m., the hurricane was positioned 240 miles southwest of Tampa, and its sustained winds were measured at 90 […]
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SECO Energy is preparing for the weather effects of Tropical Storm Idalia as it targets the Florida Peninsula. The storm is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane before it reaches the Gulf Coast of Florida. Based on the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast, the risk continues to increase for life threatening storm surge […]
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SECO Energy is preparing for some of the hottest summer temperatures recorded. For over a month, the heat index or “feels like” temperature has soared into the triple digits in Central Florida. Every day in August the temperature has reached 90 degrees and above, and SECO Energy members have set records several times in recent […]
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