Having an energy audit is an important step to using energy more wisely. In some places, like New York City, it’s mandatory to help reduce pollution. In other places, energy providers offer audits for free. That’s what we do at Tampa Electric. So, what exactly is an energy audit? Simply put it’s an inspection of your home that helps identifies areas where you may be wasting valuable energy. When you…
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Making good on the Sunshine State’s solar energy potential: 600 new megawatts of clean energy on the way
Whoever originally said “There’s nothing new under the sun” eons ago might’ve wished they could relocate to a Tampa Electric-served community in the months and years ahead, to a time when 600 megawatts (MW) of solar power energizes the grid – powering people’s lives and businesses and bringing a clean-energy future into focus for the Sunshine State. The plan, which TECO announced this week, will eventually call for enough solar-generated…
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Whitworth shines light on TECO’s commitment to solar power at USF Solar Fair
The College of Engineering at the University of South Florida – a longtime place for TECO team members to shine at the annual Engineering Expo – provided another opportunity at the Solar Energy Fair 2016 for Tampa Electric to express its unwavering commitment to renewable energy for the communities it serves. Shelly Whitworth, program manager with Marketing & Program Development with Tampa Electric, represented her company at the March 26…
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At Tampa Electric, savings keep coming while value for customers increases
More Power to You, Tampa Bay – and starting in January, it will cost Tampa Electric customers even less. How is this possible? Chalk it up to lower natural gas prices (a pass-through cost for customers from which Tampa Electric doesn’t profit) along with effective cost management. The result is customer bills that will be $2.25 less a month starting January 2016. In fact, that decrease is part of a…
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Powering education and emergency shelter: New TECO solar array debuts at school
In a sunny development for southern Hillsborough County, Lennard High School is the recipient of Tampa Electric’s latest solar panel array provided through our school photovoltaic (PV) program. This program is a part of the company’s five-year Renewable Energy Systems Initiative designed to further the deployment of solar in the communities we serve. With the array, the Ruskin, Fla. school has both a unique teaching tool and power for the emergency…
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