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SMECO Rate Reduction Takes Effect in May

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative has received the OK to lower the power supply rates that customer-members pay for electric service.

On February 28, SMECO submitted a filing to the Maryland Public Service Commission to reduce its base energy charges by more than 10% for residential customers. The lower rates were approved by the PSC on April 22 and will go into effect on May 1, 2020.

“This…

SMECO CFO Among Top 100 Women

Sonja Cox, the chief financial officer at Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, has been named by The Daily Record to its 2016 list of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. Ms. Cox has been with SMECO since 1999, and has been the CFO and senior vice president of financial, economic, and employee services since 2006. Her service, however, does not stop at SMECO. She is on the board of directors of the…