Like serial killers in movies, hurricanes often greet us with innocent-sounding names before things turn deadly. That was true of 2004’s Hurricane Frances, which raged across Florida and up into the Southeastern United States, tragically taking 49 lives before finally fading on Sept. 8. Sadly, unlike the movies, hurricane season is completely real – and always potentially catastrophic. Out of that chaotic 2004 hurricane season – which overstayed its (un)welcome…
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Mini-bucket, many possibilities for serving the community with safety and reliability
A new piece of equipment Tampa Electric has to serve the community may look familiar at first, but the Terex mini-bucket goes farther in terms of getting company team members to the sources of outages – fostering improved safety for them and more reliability for you. The mini-bucket is just what the name implies: a smaller version of the bucket you see on our line trucks that elevate TECO team…
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Our numbers tell a positive story about your electric service reliability – and we’re working to do more
When it comes to providing quality electric service for our customers – the power you pay for, which happens to cost 12 percent below the national average – you might think that uninterrupted service 99.9 percent of the time would be good enough. Not for Tampa Electric. That’s why we’re always striving to find new ways to enhance reliability, and it’s the story behind our latest efforts. With power pole-mounted…
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National Preparedness Month can help you be ready all year round
In the event of a major emergency, like a hurricane, Tampa Electric has a plan to restore power as quickly as possible, starting with facilities critical to public health and safety. This 10-point plan, developed in conjunction with the Florida Public Service Commission and other utilities in the state, is one we perfect all year round. But with National PreparAthon Day happening on Sept. 30 and marking the end of…
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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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