TECO team members help birds – and customers – nest comfortably
TECO team members are seeing reduced customer power outages after flocking together on a plan to give local birds new and improved places to call home. For years, ospreys and other types of birds have...
View ArticleUnderstanding Power Outages
The causes of power outages are endless. However, the most common causes are things we see almost every day, like high winds, lightning, trees and animals that come into contact with power lines,...
View ArticleOspreys get special platform at Tampa Electric’s Skills Training Center
You have to wonder if the high point of one osprey’s experience at Tampa Electric’s Skills Training Center is the safe new nesting platform team members created for it. The platform, erected by a team...
View ArticleWe’re working hard to limit momentary outages
The many Tampa Electric team members who live in this community share your customer experience. Like you, we experience momentary power outages, or “flickers,” that cause the computer to shut off,...
View ArticleShrubbery (and more) blocking your electric meter is nothing to shrug about –...
Tampa Electric’s commitment to safe, affordable and reliable service includes the everyday work our company team members do to read customer meters. And even though about 97 percent of TECO (Tampa...
View ArticleTropical Storm Danny serves as a reminder about the importance of being ready...
Nobody can predict with complete certainty what path Tropical Storm Danny will take as it churns closer to North America. But it’s entirely possible to predict what you’ll need to do if severe weather...
View ArticleCelebrate Florida’s Arbor Day on Jan. 15 with free trees, planted in the...
As a Tree City USA, Tampa – and indeed, places across Florida – have trees like the magnificent live oak in abundance. As a Tree Line USA utility, TECO loves trees like this as much as our customers...
View ArticleOur numbers tell a positive story about your electric service reliability –...
When it comes to providing quality electric service for our customers – the power you pay for, which happens to cost 12 percent below the national average – you might think that uninterrupted service...
View ArticleMini-bucket, many possibilities for serving the community with safety and...
A new piece of equipment Tampa Electric has to serve the community may look familiar at first, but the Terex mini-bucket goes farther in terms of getting company team members to the sources of outages...
View ArticleMake staying hydrated a high priority: Drink up!
With Daylight Savings Time here again, the sun is out later – and soon, it will be a lot hotter. The work that many Tampa Electric, Peoples Gas and New Mexico Gas Co. team members do to serve our...
View ArticleOver the roadways and above the woods: Transmission project gets airborne
Think about electric service reliability and what comes to mind – flipping a switch and a light comes on? TECO team members working safely on our system by the side of the road? What you won’t see...
View ArticleTampa Electric 10-year site plan is more carbon-free
“Tampa Electric’s nearly 120 years of reliable power for the community” has a nice ring to it – and the company’s 10-year site plan, filed Friday, April 1, with the Florida Public Service Commission,...
View ArticleA “peak” at our commitment to helping you stay cool on a very hot day
Tampa Electric had been serving customers for three years by the time the world’s first large-scale electric air conditioner was unveiled in 1902. Since then, as our hometown’s population has grown by...
View ArticleTo soar in the sky, to serve the community, and ideally have it be…boring
For Tampa Electric team members, it’s exciting to bring 99.9 percent reliability to our nearly 730,000 customers. The important things in life that our power makes possible can be exciting indeed....
View ArticleHermine epilogue: Honor from Governor Scott is the happy punctuation after...
TECO team members don’t look for thanks for doing their jobs, especially when it’s all about restoring power for the community after severe weather. In fact, we’re so committed to safety and health in...
View ArticleNew mobile command posts are ready to roll out
Ever wish you could take your office on the road? Tampa Electric can do just that with our new mobile command posts. Officially called a FORTS (Fold Out Rigid Temporary Shelter), each mobile command...
View ArticleIn service to our customers, the math adds up: 460 more megawatts of...
For providing 20 years of safe, reliable electricity to growing West Central Florida, what do you get the power station that has everything? (And by “everything,” we mean worldwide renown, bold...
View ArticleIntroducing your Johnny Dean Page Substation
Taking a Page out of Tampa Electric history might mean one less critical element in our commitment to bring safe, reliable, affordable power to rapidly growing Plant City. But instead, and to...
View ArticleBeneath the city, something (highly beneficial to the community) lurks
As downtown Tampa sees its skyline rise, things happening under the street are just as important to the city’s future. And Tampa Electric, powered by a 118-year commitment to both, is taking new steps...
View ArticleApril 18 is National Lineman Appreciation Day – a reminder to thank the ones...
The world has many critically important, potentially dangerous jobs that require comprehensive training, physical strength and strength of character, extensive technical knowledge and good intuition....
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