Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative

Overview

• Industryelectricity supply company¹
• HeadquartersHughesville¹
• Websitewww.smeco.coop
• Legal formStock Corporation³
• LEIDBBJWDBO6IRU2GBUJI29³
• StatusActive³
• LEI statusIssued and current³
• Registered addressC/O SONJA M. COX, 20637 Hughesville, United States³
• Registered withBusiness Services (Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation), D00520114³

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The Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) is an electric distribution cooperative headquartered in Hughesville, Maryland, United States. SMECO serves approximately 161,000 customers in Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, and St.²

Products and brands

• electricity

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1. 1937Founded Founded¹

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov⁴, by calendar year, 2009–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

1. Oct 1, 2024$32.5M from Department of Energy: Grid Infrastructure Deployment And Resilience⁵ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award DEGD0000889
2. Sep 28, 2010$300.0K from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Renewable Energy Systems And Energy Efficiency Improvements Program⁶ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award BP875643

Largest federal loans

1. Sep 23, 2009$88.9M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees⁷ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award RO2619 11109
2. Sep 26, 2012$87.2M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees⁸ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award RO2619 22511
3. Mar 29, 2011$37.0M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees⁹ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award RO2619 17761
4. Sep 27, 2012$14.2M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees¹⁰ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award RO48633 22529

Largest contracts

1. May 1, 2009$21.1M from Department of the Navy: Utilities privatization contract for electric distribution services¹¹ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award N6247009C9026
2. Jan 21, 2025$7.8M from Defense Logistics Agency: Utility service contract for the privatization of the electric utility system at naval support facility indian head, md¹² To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award SP060024C8361
3. Aug 26, 2010$763.9K from Department of the Navy: Upgrade systems at blossom point¹³ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award N6247092C5201
4. Dec 16, 2013$69.7K from National Institute of Standards and Technology: Igf::ot::igf utilities - electricity services¹⁴ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award DOCSB134214ST0004
5. Dec 5, 2014$58.3K from National Institute of Standards and Technology: Igf::ot::igf electricity for the ntis brandywine md warehouse¹⁵ To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award DOCSB134215ST0003

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA¹⁶. Matched to this company by name and state.

1. Apr 15, 2020$8.6M PPP loan (first draw) from Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company¹⁶To SOUTHERN MARYLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Hughesville MD; $8.7M forgiven Jun 18, 2021

Links

• Websitewww.smeco.coop¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/somdelectric¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/SMECO.coop¹
• WikipediaSouthern Maryland Electric Cooperative
• WikidataQ7570123