How it typically works is that TECO’s safe, reliable and affordable electricity travels out across our service area to power the lives and positive potential futures of more than 750,000 customers and those who live and work alongside them. But a group of teenage students turned that notion on its head last month when they journeyed into the heart of TECO’s Ybor Data Center to get a close look at a…
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Expo facts: Kids especially will love diving into the magic and wonder of science and engineering Feb. 16 and 17 at USF!
To think, there once was a time when the kinds of things you can see at the 2018 University of South Florida Engineering Expo would be squarely in the realm of science fiction. TECO is proud to be part of this free event for all ages, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 16 and 17 at the USF College of Engineering in Tampa. And the simple fact is that…
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There’s no masking our commitment to the community – and especially to children in need
Think of the most terrifying Halloween horrors and they’re nothing compared to the kinds of fears experienced daily by people who share this community: the fear of not having enough food to eat, a place to live, a better life for their children…basic things that others might take for granted. TECO team members believe everyone should be free of these fears – especially children in need. And on Halloween, life should…
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“Best school in the universe” meets TECO volunteers with out-of-this-world community commitment
If the end of the school year is enough to send students’ spirits soaring, TECO volunteers at Metropolitan Ministries’ Patricia Sullivan Partnership School did their part to boost the excitement level into the stratosphere on May 25. And while summer break for some means saying goodbye for now to homework and books, the school is saying hello to TECO as its newest corporate sponsor. Sullivan Partnership School, on Metropolitan Ministries’…
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Environmental and community stewardship for TECO on Arbor Day is a tree(t) for students
If you’re looking to celebrate growth, positive possibilities for the future and branching out in life – if you want to mark Florida’s Arbor Day – a school seems like the best place to be. That’s what Tampa Electric team members had in mind when they visited Buckhorn Elementary in Valrico on Jan. 20, Florida’s Arbor Day for 2017. (National Arbor Day this year is April 28.) With 400 Shumard…
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