Media Releases

June 9, 2021 – If you power your home with a portable generator during electrical outages, it is essential to consider the serious health and safety risks to you, your neighbors, and unsuspecting line crews working in the area if not operated properly. Keep the...

June 2, 2021 – Depending on the severity of storms that come our way this storm season, power outages may occur. Hopefully you have already prepared yourself and your loved ones, but it is essential to prepare those with special needs BEFORE a storm heads our way!...

May 26, 2021 – Storm season is around the corner and LCEC is ready! LCEC has partnerships with power line and tree-trimming contractors, fuel companies, material vendors, food service vendors, other cooperatives and local agencies for mutual aid to ensure that we are...

May 19, 2021 – Managing your LCEC electric account safely and securely online with SmartHub is an electricity win. LCEC’s bill pay and customer service tool offers a multitude of ways to make your life easier and even lower your electric bill! With SmartHub you are...

May 11, 2021 – Following CDC guidelines and the LCEC Pandemic Plan, employees managed to still give of their time, talent and heart to our community. In fact, LCEC employees Nancy Miller, Nicky Sierra, and Aaron Warner managed to volunteer 500+ hours during the...

May 4, 2021 – Although the last thing on your mind is the start of storm season after fighting long and hard against COVID-19, June 1 will be here before we know it! Now is the time to prepare yourself and your family in the event that any storms come our way. Keep...

April 27, 2021 – Reviewing the LCEC Hurricane Guide is the perfect way to prepare for the start of storm season on June 1. Preparing early is key to riding out any storm that Mother Nature may bring our way. The LCEC Hurricane Guide includes detailed information...

April 21, 2021 - The Future Forestry organization is teaming up with the "Dirt Don’t Hurt" 4H Club this Saturday, April 24th from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. to plant 300 Slash Pines at the NE corner of Veteran's Memorial Parkway and Surfside Blvd. The 4H Club will be there with...

April 20, 2021 – LCEC announced that it will partner with the Garden Club of Cape Coral to sponsor a landscaping project for a Habitat for Humanity’s Cape Coral Women Build home. The Garden Club will work with Lee County Master Gardener Volunteers to create a Florida...

April 13, 2021 – A special day is right around the corner! National Lineman Appreciation Day is April 18. On this important day, LCEC honors and thanks not just our dedicated linemen, but line workers around the world, for the imperative and dangerous work they do....