In this case, it means lots of things – like the fact that we care about all the residents in this place we love and call home. We care about your safety and we care about the safety of feathered friends like the osprey that share the communities we serve. It means we care about ensuring the power you pay for is there when you need it. We’ll come back…
Community Environment
No nest-warming gifts needed for bald eagle relocated by Tampa Electric (the birds will handle that)
If the United States had picked the turkey as its national bird – a preference that Benjamin Franklin is thought by some to have expressed in private letters – then centuries of American iconography would be dramatically different. One thing that would still be the same, however, is Tampa Electric’s commitment to helping birds like bald eagles thrive in nests that are safely away from our power equipment: it’s good…
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Community Environment
Eagles have landed (a safe new nest): our commitment to environmental stewardship is symbolic in more ways than one
“Freedom” means different things to different members of society. For some, it means the opportunity to enjoy basic aspects of life – like a home, constructive ways to use your energy and the ability to raise children in a safe environment – without fear. But when bald eagles, those magnificent symbols of America, build nests on Tampa Electric’s poles, they risk losing their lives and temporarily depriving portions of the…
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Company Environment For Business For Home
Free to any eagle: Big nest, recently moved to safe new spot by line crews
Thanks to the months-long effort by TECO line crew members, a lucky American bald eagle looking to land a nest can find a safe and spacious one near Bartow, Fla. The story began in May, when Line Patrolman Jerry Moore discovered a transmission structure that the company would have to replace. And in the nest atop it was a dead eagle – the likely victim of a territorial fight with…
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