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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Hurricane Ian blazed through Central Florida between Wednesday, September 28, and Thursday, September 29, bringing large amounts of rainfall, high winds and fall temperatures. The average temperature for the month was 81 degrees, which was 3 degrees lower than last month’s average. The average high was 88 degrees while the average low was 73 degrees. […]
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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 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 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 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 is bracing for the heavy rains and winds pummeling its service territory when Hurricane Ian crosses Central Florida later Wednesday and Thursday. Currently, Hurricane Ian is a major Category 4 hurricane with maximum wind speeds of 155 mph – just 2 mph shy of being a Category 5 hurricane. Hurricane Ian is […]
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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 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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Central Florida was treated to hot days, rainy afternoons and muggy evenings in August 2022. The average temperature for the month was 84 degrees, which was the same as last month’s average. The average high was 92 degrees while the average low was 75 degrees. The highest daily recorded temperature (data from the […]
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