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Tampa Electric’s newest journeymen are ready to serve the community

Tampa Electric’s more than 700,000 customers have a brand-new group of company team members on the front lines to help ensure power reliability. Called journeymen, the six linemen and five substation electricians graduated from Tampa Electric’s renowned training program on April 24. With four years of detailed technical training, the strength to scale utility poles and work with heavy equipment – and above all, a focus on safety first –…

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I see Tampa Electric workers standing around and even some trucks leaving, but my power is still out. What is going on?

When you report an outage, a first responder – called a troubleman – is dispatched to assess the situation. Troublemen work alone and they can only safely perform one-person work and repairs, such as opening/closing switches, refusing transformers and tightening connections. In many cases, these first responders can make the necessary repairs and restore service. However, sometimes the damage is more extensive due to severe weather, car accidents or other…

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Power Updates: Gain the power of more information about your service

Even with Tampa Electric’s 99.9 percent power reliability, unexpected factors occasionally make the lights go out for people the company serves. But Tampa Electric’s new Power Updates leave no customers in the dark about the status of their service as team members work urgently to restore it. Sign up for Power Updates easily and for free at tampaelectric.com/outages. Once registered, you can choose how you want Tampa Electric to let you…

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