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A Sweet, Savory Success for TECO

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Know what tastes sweeter than victory? Giving back to those in need. Just ask the 550+ guests who attended the 11th annual TECO Family BBQ Cook-off for Charity. And they’d likely describe the experience as a savory success too. Since the pandemic, the annual tradition came back bigger than ever Saturday, March 26 at the Showmen’s Club in Riverview. Mother nature served up the perfect day full of blue skies,…

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Community Storm Protection

Reliability improvements coming soon to a street near you

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When it comes to providing reliable energy, there’s no off season. Tampa Electric’s Storm Protection Plan (SPP) team works day-in and day-out to strengthen our system against high winds, flooding and tree contact – all storm weather impacts that cause outages. Some of these hardening improvements happen behind the scenes at places like our substations. But retrofitting overhead electric lines with stronger more storm-resistant poles on busy corridors and converting…

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Community Environment

Meet a few of our manatee “celebri-tees!”

Besides being a great place to view manatees, Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center is also where a good number of rescued and rehabilitated manatees are released back into the wild. In fact, since the Center reopened in November of 2021, 13 manatees have been carefully returned to the warm waters there. In one day alone, a record seven manatees were released! Take a look at some of our “Celebri-tees” –…

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Community

Bamboo Proves to be a Game Changer for Our Net-Zero Carbon Future

Like football, helping the environment needs a strong ground game – and to that end, excitement is growing at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. But not in the way you might think. The game plan: using carbon-capturing bamboo to create a natural barrier between the stadium grounds and Columbus Drive as an alternative to a previously planned aluminum fence. Gameday drivers and others will be safer, since the bamboo will…

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Community Company Environment Smart Solutions

Our forecast: Sunny with a 100% chance of solar innovations

Solar energy is clean energy. And where better to test new ideas than the Sunshine State? That’s why our research and development teams are busy testing solar energy solutions – carefully recording data, analyzing the benefits, and seeking community partners. We hope these forward-thinking innovations will play a part in achieving our vision of a net-zero carbon future.    It Floats!  In 2021 we began to install our first solar arrays…

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