SECO Energy Completes Restoration from Hurricane Nicole Wind Damage
November 11, 2022 – Hurricane Nicole made landfall on Florida’s east coast as a category one storm early Thursday morning. Wind and rain bands quickly began crossing SECO Energy service territory. The not-for-profit cooperative’s infrastructure experienced 369 total outages affecting 18,629 members throughout the day. By 9 pm Thursday, SECO Energy had fully restored service to all members.
CEO Curtis Wynn complimented the not-for-profit cooperative’s employees on their efforts. He stated “Our team was well-prepared for Hurricane Nicole’s path to cross our service territory despite numerous path projection changes in the days before landfall. Without question, SECO Energy is StormReady, brought in the appropriate number of outside contractors and approached restoration mode with its own team of employees applying precision and urgency with its emergency response plan.”
StormCenter is SECO Energy’s outage and communications platform for members to report outages, check the status of an existing outage and enroll in outage communications and alerts via email, text, voice or all three. Visit StormCenter today and bookmark on your smartphone or tablet to report outages quickly and easily. Members also use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to stay up-to-date.
SECO Energy’s Hurricane Handbook includes how to prepare for before, during and after a storm. “Like” SECO Energy on Facebook and follow @SECOEnergy on Twitter for prize drawings, news releases, and severe weather alerts affecting SECO Energy’s service territory. Manage your outage notification preferences at StormCenter. To see when SECO Energy crews/contractors are working in your area, visit our new System Improvement map. To learn more about SECO Energy as a not-for-profit cooperative, visit SECOEnergy.com > Your Co-op > About.
SECO Energy is a not-for-profit electric cooperative serving more than 220,000 homes and businesses across the Florida counties of Sumter, Citrus, Marion, Lake, Levy, Pasco and Hernando. SECO is the third-largest electric co-op in Florida and the seventh-largest in the nation. SECO’s wholesale power provider is Seminole Electric, one of the largest generation and transmission cooperatives in the nation, serving 1.9 million consumers in Florida. Seminole is owned by nine electric distribution cooperatives, and SECO is one of those nine member-owners. In addition to ranking highest in customer satisfaction in the 2015, 2016 and 2017 J.D. Power study, SECO’s 2021 ACSI rating is 91. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
“Like” SECO Energy on Facebook and follow @SECOEnergy on Twitter for prize drawings, news releases, and severe weather alerts affecting SECO Energy’s service territory. Manage your outage notification preferences at StormCenter. To see reliability and expansion projects in your area, visit our new System Improvement map. To learn more about SECO Energy as a not-for-profit cooperative, visit SECOEnergy.com > Your Co-op > About.
