SECO Energy member owned renewable generation: tiers, fees and insurance

How the size is measured

the AC power output of the system in kW. SECO states its tiers and its 1,000 kW ceiling in alternating current and publishes no DC to AC conversion factor.

Size bands and what each one obliges

Tier 1 Size 0 to 10 kW	A $500 non refundable application fee is due at submittal, which is the highest small system application fee found among Florida utilities. No liability insurance is required at this tier. $500 application fee at submittal Interconnection agreement
Tier 2 Size 10.001 to 100 kW	A $750 application fee is due at submittal and $1,000,000 general liability insurance is required, with SECO named as an additional insured. $750 application fee at submittal $1,000,000 general liability insurance naming SECO as additional insured
Tier 3 Size 100.001 to 1000 kW	A $1,000 application fee is due at submittal and $1,000,000 general liability insurance is required, with SECO named as an additional insured. $1,000 application fee at submittal $1,000,000 general liability insurance naming SECO as additional insured

Tier 1 Size 0 to 10 kW

A $500 non refundable application fee is due at submittal, which is the highest small system application fee found among Florida utilities. No liability insurance is required at this tier.

$500 application fee at submittal
Interconnection agreement

Tier 2 Size 10.001 to 100 kW

A $750 application fee is due at submittal and $1,000,000 general liability insurance is required, with SECO named as an additional insured.

$750 application fee at submittal
$1,000,000 general liability insurance naming SECO as additional insured

Tier 3 Size 100.001 to 1000 kW

A $1,000 application fee is due at submittal and $1,000,000 general liability insurance is required, with SECO named as an additional insured.

$1,000 application fee at submittal
$1,000,000 general liability insurance naming SECO as additional insured

The screens that decide it

Within SECO’s 1,000 kW AC ceiling Limit 1000 kW.
SECO’s net metering tariff covers systems rated at no more than 1,000 kW AC. This is half the 2 MW ceiling used by the PSC rule and by the larger municipals.
Below the 10 kW point where $1,000,000 insurance begins Limit 10 kW.
Above 10 kW SECO requires $1,000,000 general liability insurance with SECO as an additional insured. Confirm the customer can obtain it before quoting.

Ask the utility this, before you sell it

What is the utility distribution service rating at this address? SECO limits the system to 90 percent of it.
A modification to an approved system carries a $500 modification fee at any size. Will the change being considered trigger it?
What is the current queue time? SECO publishes only informal step estimates and no binding approval timeline.

Worth knowing before you quote

SECO publishes no percentage of annual consumption cap and no aggregate program cap. The $500 Tier 1 application fee is non refundable and due at submittal, so it is a real cost of quoting, not just of building.

Source

SECO Energy Rate Tariff, Net Metering Sheet 16.02, Interconnection Agreement Sheets 17.0 to 17.5, and the interconnection fee schedule effective 1 May 2024

Read and recorded 2026-09-12. Rural electric cooperative. Not bound by the interconnection standards of Florida Administrative Code Rule 25-6.065, which applies to investor owned utilities; only the subsection (10) reporting obligation reaches cooperatives.

All Florida interconnection rules

Size bands and what each one obliges

The screens that decide it

Ask the utility this, before you sell it

Worth knowing before you quote

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