SECO Energy (Sumter Electric Cooperative) commercial electricity rates in Florida

• Average commercial price, 202518.97¢per kWh, all commercial customers
• vs Florida average+65%state commercial average 11.53¢
• Commercial customers23,0158th largest of 37 in Florida
• Average use1,153 kWha month per commercial customer
• Average bill$219a month per commercial customer
• Since 2015+37%from 13.84¢ per kWh
• Outages69 mina year per customer · US average 124

SECO Energy (Sumter Electric Cooperative) is an electric cooperative serving 7 counties in Florida. Among the 37 Florida utilities in EIA’s 2025 sales data with 500 or more commercial customers, it is the 8th largest, with about 1.7% of the state’s commercial customers. EIA lists it as Sumter Electric Coop, Inc.

SECO Energy commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025

In 2015 SECO Energy billed its commercial customers an average of 13.84¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 18.97¢, so it rose 37% over 10 years. The average for all commercial customers in Florida rose 21% over the same period. The latest year, 2025, is the highest of the 11 on record here. Between 2024 and 2025 it rose 29%.

Average use and average bill are the utility’s commercial sales and revenue divided by its commercial customers and by twelve. The bill is an all-in figure: energy, delivery, demand and fixed charges together. A few very large customers pull both averages up, so most businesses use and pay less than the average.

Residential, commercial and industrial prices at SECO Energy

In 2025 the average commercial price at SECO Energy was 27% above the residential figure and 85% above the industrial one. Larger customers take power at a higher voltage and use it more steadily, so at most utilities the average falls from residential to commercial to industrial. Which class an account falls in is the utility’s decision, and the line between commercial and industrial is drawn differently from one utility to the next.

How SECO Energy’s commercial rates are set

SECO Energy is a cooperative, owned by the members it serves. Its board sets its rates, and in some states the state commission reviews them as well. A commercial account is billed on a rate schedule, chosen by the size of the account and the voltage it takes power at, and a schedule usually combines a fixed monthly charge, a charge per kWh and, above a certain size, a demand charge on the highest rate of draw in the month. The schedule code is printed on the bill. There is no competitive supply market for ordinary commercial accounts in Florida, so the levers are the schedule, the peak and the amount used.

Meters, time-varying rates and net metering at SECO Energy

EIA counts 23,015 commercial meters at SECO Energy in 2025, and 22,997 of them (more than 99%) are advanced meters (AMI), which record use at least hourly and report it to the utility at least daily. Of the rest, 12 are automated-reading (AMR) meters, which send a reading to the utility for billing only, and 6 are standard meters. An advanced meter is what makes interval data possible, and interval data is what shows when a building’s peak demand happens.

EIA records 123 commercial net-metered generating systems at SECO Energy in 2025, with 3.29 MW of capacity between them: about 5.3 for every 1,000 commercial customers. Net metering credits a customer for power its own system sends to the grid; the terms are in the utility’s tariff.

How reliable is SECO Energy’s electric service?

SECO Energy customers went without power for an average of 69 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 0.99 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. This utility reports on a different measurement standard, so the comparison is only approximate. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.

Where SECO Energy serves

EIA records SECO Energy serving customers in 7 Florida counties: Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Levy, Marion, Pasco, Sumter. A county can be shared between utilities, so this does not tell you who serves a given address. The utility that serves an address is the one named on its bill.

EIA lists Seminole Electric Cooperative as its balancing authority, the body that keeps supply and demand matched minute by minute across the area.

Other utilities in Florida

The average each billed its commercial customers in 2025. The Florida page has the state’s own figures and every utility with 500 or more commercial customers.

• Florida Power & Light (10.94¢)
• Duke Energy Florida (13.03¢)
• Tampa Electric (12.61¢)
• JEA (11.43¢)
• Orlando Utilities Commission (10.24¢)
• LCEC (12.18¢)
• Clay Electric Cooperative (11.60¢)
• Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative (10.88¢)
• Lakeland Electric (9.78¢)
• City of Tallahassee Utilities (10.20¢)
• Kissimmee Utility Authority (11.20¢)
• Gainesville Regional Utilities (16.38¢)
• Ocala Electric Utility (11.55¢)
• CHELCO (12.56¢)

What these figures can and cannot tell you

• They are averages over every commercial customer. A utility whose commercial customers are mostly large averages fewer cents per kWh than one serving mostly small shops, so a lower figure can mean larger customers and not a lower rate.
• They are not a rate schedule. None of these figures is a charge printed in SECO Energy’s tariff, and nothing here works out a bill from one. The tariff index lists the utilities whose filed schedules are quoted on this site.
• They are annual and final. EIA publishes utility figures once a year. The Florida page carries the state’s trailing 12 months, which is more recent and still preliminary.

For one building, the cost estimator gives a range by building type, size and state, and price by utility sets every utility side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial compares the classes in every state.

Data: every year of these figures, for this utility and every other with a page, is in one CSV, free to use with credit to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and this site. To cite this page: SECO Energy commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.

Common questions about SECO Energy

What is the average commercial electricity rate at SECO Energy?

SECO Energy billed its commercial customers in Florida an average of 18.97¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is 65% above the Florida commercial average of 11.53¢. It is the utility’s commercial revenue divided by its commercial sales, so it describes the whole class and is not the rate on any one schedule.

How much is the average commercial electric bill at SECO Energy?

About $219 a month in 2025, on average use of about 1,153 kWh a month. That is SECO Energy’s commercial revenue divided by its 23,015 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.

Have SECO Energy’s commercial electricity rates gone up?

The average SECO Energy billed commercial customers rose 37% between 2015 and 2025, from 13.84¢ to 18.97¢ per kWh. The Florida commercial average rose 21% over the same period.

How reliable is SECO Energy’s electric service?

SECO Energy customers averaged 69 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).

Does SECO Energy use smart meters for businesses?

EIA counts 22,997 advanced (AMI) meters among SECO Energy’s 23,015 commercial meters in 2025, which is more than 99%. An advanced meter records use at least hourly, which is what makes interval data and time-varying rates possible.

Is this the rate my business will pay SECO Energy?

No. It is an average over every commercial customer, from a corner shop to a campus. What one business pays depends on its rate schedule, how much it uses and how hard it draws at its peak. The schedule code is printed on the bill, and the schedule itself is in SECO Energy’s tariff.