May 2016
If you were one of the over 3,000 SECO members and guests who attended SECO Energy’s 2016 Annual Meeting of the Membership, you will probably agree that our 78th Annual Meeting was one of the most comprehensive in recent memory. Members joined us for breakfast biscuits, cookies, coffee and donuts; and they danced to hits by Margo Rochelle and the Rodeo Drive Band. Several hundred SECO employees arrived before dawn to prepare for a very large crowd. The light rain didn’t deter attendees from enjoying breakfast biscuits, browsing energy saving displays at the Energy Showcase, receiving gifts, winning door prizes, hearing an update on the business side of the cooperative and enjoying the renowned hospitality of SECO employees. The meeting boasted new products and displays designed to save energy and lower electric bills. The revamped Energy Showcase tent displayed a working rooftop and ground mounted solar panel system along with a touchscreen tool to estimate the amount of utility-supplied energy a home might offset using a rooftop solar system. As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, SECO Energy is operated for and owned by its members. SECO does not share dividends with investors or stockholders. Members are encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting to learn how your cooperative is meeting the challenges occurring within the industry and controlling costs. SECO’s Board of Trustees, senior staff and 400+ employees are committed to successfully managing the challenges SECO faces while continuing to offer members low rates, reliable power and excellent customer service. continued next page
Just in time for summer, SECO is again lowering the price of power using the Power Cost Adjustment - known to members as Hot Bucks. The latest decrease is effective June 1. Be sure to check your bill for the savings.
Decrease Lowers Bills
JAN ’14
$127.75
NOV ’14
$120.70
JUN ’15
$118.20
(1,000 kwh)
AUG ’15
OCT ’15
DEC ’15
$117.20
$116.20
$115.60
MAR ’16
JUN ’16
$114.60
$113.60