[xlhig]

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.

[graciegirl]

Me too.

[getdul981]

The list is short.

[Bryant]

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.

[Mallory]

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.

[red tail]

Originally Posted by Mallory

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

[KEVIN & JOSIE]

Originally Posted by Bryant

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.

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..

[mulligan]

Nukes + Trash burners = Inexpensive Electricity

[cquick]

Originally Posted by xlhig

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?

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?

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by cquick

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.

[hedoman]

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

[Bryant]

Originally Posted by KEVIN & JOSIE

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..

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

[KEVIN & JOSIE]

Originally Posted by Bryant

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

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

[renrod]

Originally Posted by cquick

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?

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.