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Easy ways to save when days get shorter and cooler

Father reading to daugher

So it just happened again. That time of year when we go around the house turning clocks back one hour. Daylight Saving Time officially ended over the weekend – Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2 a.m. Like it or not, it’s hard to complain about gaining an extra hour of sleep! It’s also an undeniable sign that winter is just ahead. With fewer hours of sunlight, we naturally turn to…

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Tampa Electric’s ENERGY STAR program helps build energy efficiency into new homes

ENERGY STAR New Construction program

Thanks to Tampa Electric’s ENERGY STAR® New Construction program, more than 600 Tampa Electric customers moved into an ENERGY STAR certified home in 2017. As a result, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Certified Homes team awarded Tampa Electric with its “ENERGY STAR Certified Homes Market Leader Award” in recognition of the company’s continued commitment to providing homebuyers with ENERGY STAR certified homes. The award recognizes Tampa Electric’s work…

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TECO helps city of Temple Terrace save some green

Over the past seven years, the city of Temple Terrace has tapped into Tampa Electric’s many energy-saving programs to not only Go Green, but to save some green too! Just this year alone, the city received more than $11,000 in rebates from Tampa Electric for installing energy-efficient indoor and outdoor lighting at several facilities, including the Temple Terrace Family Recreation Center, Omar K. Lightfoot Recreation Center, the Water Department and…

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There’s a good reason why we’re seeking to lower our energy-efficiency goals

You may have heard recently that Tampa Electric, along with Florida’s other investor-owned electric utilities (IOUs), are seeking permission from the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) to lower energy-efficiency goals. As the Administrator of Regulatory Rates in Tampa Electric’s Regulatory Affairs department, I’d like to take this opportunity to explain how we came to this decision and why we’re asking the FPSC to consider newly proposed goals. The purpose of…

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