Assisting others is nothing new to Tampa Electric’s Technology Consultant Cyndi Smith. Whether she is volunteering at Plant City’s Strawberry Festival or helping with the Special Olympics, Smith loves giving back to her community. “It’s in my DNA,” Smith said. “If there’s ever a way for me to help those who are less fortunate, count me in.” Counting on her. That’s exactly why Smith, the one-time Tampa Electric Volunteer of the Year award-winner, proudly participates…
Company Environment
Massive Plan for Tampa Electric’s Cleaner-Energy Future Brings Mighty Partners Together
Atop the Tampa Convention Center under the brilliant morning sun on Nov. 8, Tampa Electric President and CEO Archie Collins laid out a transformative plan for a cleaner-energy future. With new, emerging and future technologies, Tampa Electric will reduce its carbon-dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. As part of this effort, the company has partnered with the University of South Florida to invest in a multi-year, multi-disciplinary “genius grant”…
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Community
Superheroes and goblins received a treat from TECO employees
As we enter the holiday season, one group of youngsters have magic to remember already. Call it the Nightmare before Christmas – with an emphasis on dreams coming true. That’s after TECO volunteers donated costumes or money for costumes to help about 100 disadvantaged children at the Patricia J. Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School to have a happy Halloween. The school, in Tampa Heights, serves children from homeless families staying…
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Community Safety
Turning on the power after Ida: a first-timer’s look at storm restoration.
Gerald Brigham could feel the tension in the pit of his stomach. After seven years with Tampa Electric, the U.S. Air Force veteran was in a convoy of line trucks for the first time, far from home. Destination: the heart of Hurricane Ida’s destruction in Louisiana. What scenes of mayhem awaited? They felt Ida’s leftovers before they reached Louisiana. Strong winds and torrential rain buffeted the heavy trucks and made it hard to see as they crossed Alabama. “Finally,…
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For Home Storm Protection
A Day with the Storm Protection Plan team: Burying Overhead Lines Throughout West Central Florida
Whether it’s a love of our beautiful tree canopy or frustration at outages caused by wayward tree limbs, many customers have asked why Tampa Electric doesn’t bury the power lines. Thanks to the Storm Protection Plan, we are! About 55% of our neighborhood lines are currently overhead, most often in well-established, legacy neighborhoods. Our long-term Storm Protection Plan (SPP) is specifically designed to strengthen our electric grid to reduce the…
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