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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An award to celebrate: First in safety as we work hard to serve you
At Tampa Electric and across TECO Energy, safety is our top priority. Given some of the work we do to serve the community with 99.9 percent reliability, it’s easy to see why. And while in some ways, safety achievement might seem easy to overlook – after all, it’s about ending the day with exactly what you started with – we don’t overlook it at all. And neither does the Southeastern…
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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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