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November 13, 2009
SECO Members to be Surveyed
Sumterville, FL – Sumter Electric Cooperative (SECO) has announced that many of its member/customers will be surveyed by telephone later this month and in early December. SECO Director of Corporate Communications, Barry Bowman, said that the electric cooperative does this annual survey to get opinions on how co-op members feel their utility is doing with regard to such things as service reliability and customer service. Full Story...
SECO Members Receive $1.4 Million in Capital Credits
Sumterville, FL – One of the great benefits of being a member/customer of a not-for-profit cooperative like SECO Energy is that co-op customers get to share in any excess margins the business might have at the end of each year. That sharing comes in the form of capital credits and these credits are applied to customer electric statements in November.
While SECO faces many of the same economic challenges our members face, the Co-op does remain in stable financial condition. That being the case, the Board of Trustees has determined that SECO members will get $1.4 million in capital credits returned to them in November. Over the last fourteen years SECO has given back $16 million to its customers... continue reading...
SECO customer service trailer a hit with members
Sumterville, FL – Sumter Electric Cooperative (SECO) in central Florida has unveiled its latest innovation aimed at helping members control their own energy costs. That innovation is a specially designed trailer for community outreach and it was brought to a popular Walmart shopping center for its public debut. It gave SECO members an opportunity to talk to energy specialists about how to save energy in the home and see a variety of displays related to that. Full story...
SECO employees pledge $56,000 to United Way
Sumterville, FL – Sumter Electric Cooperative has completed its 2009-2010 United Way campaign and its community-minded employees have pledged $55,996 to assist those less fortunate in the Co-op’s seven county service territory. SECO employees choose where their individual donations go and the breakdown for the current area United Way campaigns is Full story... Printable PDF
Seminole adds more biomass to its renewable energy portfolio
Sumterville, FL — We are pleased to announce that SECO’s not-for-profit energy supplier Seminole Electric Cooperative will add an additional 25 megawatts of biomass energy generated from sweet sorghum to its resource portfolio. This comes about as a result of a contract signed with Ft. Lauderdale-based Southeast Renewable Fuels (SRF). As SECO CEO Jim Duncan pointed out, “Biomass is one of the truly practical renewable fuels we should be developing in Florida and Seminole is to be congratulated on this acquisition. It will have a positive impact on our environment.” Full story
SECO announces new surge Web site
A major enhancement to the surge protection program for customers
Sumterville, FL — According to SECO Director of Corporate Communications Barry Bowman, “Thousands of member/customers have joined the co-op’s effort to help them reduce damage in the home from power surges. Now we have enhanced that program by creating a dedicated web site... Full story
SECO offers Vidcast on surge protection
Sumterville, FL — SECO Energy has announced the latest addition to its informational video broadcast library. The new vidcast deals with the topic of surge protection and why it is important in Florida. Central Florida is the lightning capital of North America. The new vidcast, also available on YouTube, is designed to let folks know that there are ways to protect the appliances and electronics that they have worked so hard to acquire. Having to replace expensive equipment... Full story
SECO offers Vidcast on storm restoration
Sumterville, FL — SECO Energy, today announced that it has a vidcast available on its corporate website www.secoenergy.com that deals with how SECO prepares for storm season and restores power during a severe weather event. Storm season has arrived here in Florida... Full story
SECO announces new builder outreach
Offers new home energy certification
Sumterville, FL — SECO Energy has launched a new effort aimed at helping builders in the region get their homes certified as energy efficient. According to SECO director of corporate communications, Barry Bowman, “We have had SECO’s energy services specialists trained at the Florida Solar Energy Center to be able to offer builders a very valuable service. Our energy services group has passed the exams necessary to receive their Green Building Rater Certification. Now area builders can have SECO rate their new home construction as truly energy efficient and receive official certification through the Florida Green Building Coalition... Full story
SECO's Jim Duncan warns of Carbon Tax
Addresses Sumter Chamber of Commerce
Wildwood, FL — SECO Energy CEO Jim Duncan brought members of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce up to speed with regard to energy policy being formulated at the federal level that could have a crushing effect on consumers of electricity and other goods.
As he did in his keynote address before 3,500 people at SECO’s annual meeting in March, he told the business leaders that comprise the Sumter Chamber that he believes the nation is “on a collision course that will result in rapidly escalating electric rates and diminishing electric system reliability.” In his speech before the Chamber he said, “The driving forces on this collision course are man-made climate-change proponents and a government that sees climate-change legislation as a huge revenue opportunity – a/k/a taxes.” Full story
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