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Aug. 26 is Florida Lineworker Appreciation Day – Thanks to the ones who keep the power flowing!

Tampa Electric employees

Florida Lineworker’s Appreciation Day is August 26. On this day and always, we recognize their commitment to providing you with safe, reliable electrical power. They work year-round to make sure your lights are always on, your stove is hot and your home’s air is cool. This year, they’re also adapting to working amid the pandemic. Like many of us, they are social distancing when possible, wearing masks when they can’t,…

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Aug. 26 is Florida Lineworker Appreciation Day – a reminder to thank the ones who keep power flowing to the community

Lineworkers – the people who work at all hours on the front lines of the electrical system to ensure that the community has safe, reliable electrical power – are the ones who, in many ways, keep the world running. Your lights on. Your stove hot and your home’s air cool. Your electronics operational. And unlike military personnel and emergency workers, the potential dangers they face are always there because electricity never stops…

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On the job, in the community, getting it done safely in service to you: TECO’s newest journeymen linemen

Look out, power outages: Tampa Electric’s newest journeymen linemen are on the job, with the strength and the know-how to put a stop to your little schemes – like the ones where you try to keep our customers from enjoying a big game on TV. The ones that cause our computers to switch off at just the wrong moment. The ones where you make our clocks blink. Backed by four…

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Beneath the city, something (highly beneficial to the community) lurks

As downtown Tampa sees its skyline rise, things happening under the street are just as important to the city’s future. And Tampa Electric, powered by a 118-year commitment to both, is taking new steps to support better reliability and electrical safety for the urban core. Our contingent of highly skilled Journeymen graduate annually from our intensive, four-year training course and fan out across the community, taking their places on the…

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