As a Tree City USA, Tampa – and indeed, places across Florida – have trees like the magnificent live oak in abundance. As a Tree Line USA utility, TECO loves trees like this as much as our customers do. We know you also value the 99.9 percent service reliability that we provide, which is why we trim trees near electrical infrastructure in ways that protect the trees’ health and your…
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Love descends on Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center
Rhonda Thompson saw the signs – and they pointed toward love. The compliance analyst with TECO’s Quality Assurance and Compliance department is the winner of a contest for company team members, sponsored by Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center, to name an oak tree and cabbage palm growing together along the center’s habitat trail. The trees will receive a sign identifying them with the name she submitted. Thompson’s winning idea: Tampa…
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TECO helps bring new trees to Temple Terrace for National Arbor Day
The magnificent tree-canopied streets of Temple Terrace are a little leafier today after the efforts of volunteers from the city, TECO and Davey Tree Expert Company. Nearly 20 people spent the morning of April 24 – National Arbor Day – planting more than 40 trees throughout the city. Like neighboring Tampa, Temple Terrace is a Tree City USA. Tampa Electric, which provides reliable power to both, is a Tree Line…
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Team members mark Arbor Day with new trees for Temple Terrance school and homes
Students and teachers alike at Temple Terrace Elementary got a lesson in Tampa Electric’s commitment to the community as TECO team members and partners planted trees at the school for National Arbor Day. The event, on April 25, followed tree planting in neighborhoods surrounding the school that morning. Like last year, employees from Davey Tree Expert Company and public officials from the city of Temple Terrace joined TECO in the effort.…
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Tampa Electric planting event brings new trees to Temple Terrace
Over nearly 114 years, Tampa Electric has put down a lot of roots in the community. At a tree planting event in Temple Terrace on April 12, it put down some more. The day began at a quiet park in River Landing neighborhood, where Tampa Electric team members joined Temple Terrace city officials and employees with The Davey Tree Expert Company – the contractors who trim trees near Tampa Electric’s…
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