Electric Companies?
 

Is there a list somewhere of all of the electric companies that serve The Villages? Are their rates pretty much the same or is one a lot lower (or higher) than another?

Like anywhere else I've ever lived, your electric company is not a choice you can make. Your electricity is provided by the company in you area. I have SECO and I am very happy with the service and the price.

Me too.

The list is short.

I also have SECO. Counting my December bill, which I already received, my yearly electric cost for a 1,540 sq. ft. home is $946. We are full-time residents.

Today's Villages Daily Sun (11/29/11) reports that Progress Energy Florida, which supplies electricity to the Lake County portion of The Villages, won permission last week to increase residential electric bills next year by an average of 3 percent.

progress also provides in a portion of sumter country

What do you keep your thermostat at to have such low bills? We're still living on the northeast, and we average $150 a month electric with high efficiency heat and air, programable T-Stat, and maintain 80 degrees in summer, and 68 in winter, with evening setbacks. We have gas heat. Is the electric in Florida that much cheaper than hear in PA? If so, sounds like another reason to live there full time.:wave:.

Nukes + Trash burners = Inexpensive Electricity

I am actually looking for an electrician to put up a couple new fans and wire the on/off switches to turn on the lights or the fan independently.

any good ideas out there?

All the ceiling fans with lights that I've had were contolled by a switch (pullcord) on the fan itself. You toggle it for fan or light or both and then the wall switch turns it on.

We had the choice and took SECO, slightly better rates. Now that Progress will be increasing their rates SECO looks even better

We keep the air set on 78 in the summer. We have gas heat.

Thanks for the info. Looks like another savings for us! :pepper2:

surf the internet or visit the big box stores
 

We have a Hunter fan in one room and a Casa Blanca in another room, both have controls for the fan and light seperate without rewiring the house. The Hunter has a portable remote control and the Casa Blanca has the controls in the wall switch. Very common and inexpensive these days.

oh, Thanks for the info on the fans with remote controls. MUCH easier than rewiring! :wave:

Seco Ownership!
 

Can someone explain to me how I can own more of SECO. It appears to me that it not publicly trade corporation. I don't understand how it was created and why someone would put out the capital with no payback. Since SECO is my power company I would like a bigger piece of the pie. Example: Here in VA we have Dominion Power which is a Public Traded Corp. They sell stock that pays a dividend. (You can't beat power companies, so own them) I know I pay $5.00 to join the co-op but that can't possibly pay for the capital outlay for new construction. I looked on SECO web site and no mention of additional ownership/stock. Thanks! :confused:

SECO is a cooperative group Some rule that all ratepayers have an equal interest? Not a publicly traded company?

Does anyone have Progress Utilites? Are they higher than SECO?

We have Progress but they have changed the name to Duke Energy in April.

I think you mean in Birmingham, Alabama

I only know of Seco here.

No, in TV. My March bill was from Progress Energy. April bill was from Duke Energy. They changed the name.
See posts on the first page of this thread. Many people in TV have Progress, now Duke.

Progress Energy of Florida was bought by Duke Energy of North Carolina last year, which now makes Duke Energy the largest energy company in the country.

We live in the lake county side of the villages and we have SECO.

If you lived in NY, PA, MD and a few other states, the electric companies have been "deregulated" and you are allowed to choose your supplier from as many as 20 different suppliers. Line service is still provided by the "local" electric company, but your bill comes from the supplier and they all have different rates from which to choose from. You can select to stay entirely with the "local" electric company but you will pay the highest possible cost with them in those deregulated states. I think that's what the OP is asking about.

Lenhart Electric just did ours at a reasonable price. They work for the Villages and install fans and do electrical work in the new homes. Any company that works for the Villages is top notch, in my experience.

Remotes Are An Option But No Need to Rewire
 

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