Most Tampa Electric team members spend Florida Arbor Day, Jan. 17, working hard to make sure our customers have the reliable power they expect (and great customer service to go with it). Our Line Clearance team does something a little extra-special as it ventures out to local schools to plant an idea in the minds of young students: that trees are great, but even better when they’re in the right…
Community Environment
A nice round number and feathery leaves everywhere
All around Tampa Bay, it’s undeniable — this place is growing. Downtowns are growing. Lakeland’s growing. Brandon’s growing. USF is growing. The Tampa campus is one community where you can fully appreciate the transformative power of trees; the power to turn a school that students largely drove to to one they wanted to immerse themselves in as residents. Can you believe Tampa is the best tree city in the world?…
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Making the most of Arbor Day can be as easy as one, two, tree
A quick look in virtually any direction makes it clear: Florida is growing places. (As in trees are growing, plants are growing, gardens are growing…you get the picture.) That’s great for air quality, natural habitats, economic development and much more. And today, Arbor Day 2018, these are all things to celebrate. But Arbor Day is also an opportunity to spotlight a few important things you need to keep in mind…
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A “tall tale” only in terms of tree-trimming reach – with big reliability benefits for you
Say one thing about Florida: vegetation loves to grow. And for a company like Tampa Electric that loves trees and has the credentials to show for it, we have to grow to meet our customers’ growing needs for safe, reliable power. All of this opens the door for some cool tools to safely ensure you have the reliable power you deserve – tools like the all-terrain tree-trimmer from Jarraff that…
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Community Environment
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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