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Great things reveal themselves along Gandy Boulevard…and some other objects turn up too

Native species – cabbage palms, mangroves – you’re cool. Keep doing what you’re doing as part of the Tampa-area ecosystem that depends on you. Invasives, on the other hand (you know who you are, Brazilian pepper and lead trees): You’re outta here! At least that’s if TECO team members have anything to say about it. And after another habitat restoration effort in the nature area near the public boat ramp…

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Environment

Meet the heart(s) and soul(s) of the Manatee Viewing Center: its docents, hosts and cashiers

Howard Fulwood – beloved host at Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center with a 66-year connection to Tampa Electric as an employee and in retirement – died this past Easter Sunday at age 88. In honor of his legacy, we’re re-running the post below that appeared on our intranet in 2014: For the tens of thousands of people who visit the Manatee Viewing Center each month during its open season, it’s…

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Community Environment

A plea for the manatees

For many Floridians and visitors from out of town, winter is the best time to be here. The weather is cool and dry, hotels are packed, parades draw huge crowds and local attractions like Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center welcome people from around the world. But for one variety of area resident, winter can be a death sentence. A reported 166 manatees died from the start of the year through…

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For Home

An osprey egg in a nest means what?

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…

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Community

A look back at a few ways we made connecting with you a top priority in 2017

Hard as it may be to believe, here we are at the end of another year. What we hope is easier to believe: How hard we worked in 2017 to keep your life humming with safe, reliable power, convenience and all the things you want and deserve from your electric utility. It’s a big job, but we’re proud to do it because we share this community with you. There’s no…

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