Cooking Up Energy Savings this Holiday Season The holiday season is all about spending time with family and friends. It also means home-cooked meals right out of the oven like ham, turkey, stuffing, acorn squash, mashed potatoes and let’s not forget delicious desserts! All this festive activity can increase energy use. Fortunately, the price Tampa Electric customers pay for electricity is among the lowest in Florida and well below the…
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Light your home safely and efficiently this holiday season
As you deck the halls in coming weeks, we have a few handy tips for a safer, more energy-efficient holiday season. Look for energy-efficient LEDs With festive lighting such a big part of what the holidays are about, consider investing in energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) lights. LED lights continue to drop in price, last significantly longer and are available in many colors and styles. LEDs produce very little heat, so…
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Meters and smart phones have something in common
Whether we like it or not, advancements in technology change our lives. Think about how you communicate with others. If you’re working from home, you’re likely using Zoom or some other application to communicate with coworkers. It’s becoming more difficult to get by without a smart phone and with battery technology improving, gasoline cars may become a thing of the past. And these are just a few examples! The good…
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Back to school sales tax holiday and savings tips
Another school year is about to get underway and that means it’s time to stock up on pencils, pens, erasers, crayons, backpacks, calculators, clothing and so much more. To help pay for these items, the state of Florida is rolling out its ever popular “back to school sales tax holiday” from July 31 through August 9. Visit the Florida Department of Revenue site for all the details. Ten quick tips…
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Tapping the sun and battery technology to light up the night
Our lighting team recently installed 175 new streetlights in Creek Preserve, a new housing development in Wimauma. But these are no ordinary streetlights. Each light is equipped with a solar panel and a battery. The solar panel makes energy during the day that’s stored in the battery to illuminate the light at night. What happens if cloud cover occurs several days in a row? No problem, the battery stores enough…
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