In the 2021-2022 football season, Tampa Electric teamed up with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to recognize a few of the “Game Changers” among us – specifically, minority small business leaders or owners. Six times during the season, the Bucs donated $2,000 to each of the selected business people to help pay their business’ electric bill. Those honored receive a Bucs jersey with their name on it, two tickets and a parking…
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Cooking Up Energy Savings this Holiday Season
Cooking Up Energy Savings this Holiday Season The holiday season is all about spending time with family and friends. It also means home-cooked meals right out of the oven like ham, turkey, stuffing, acorn squash, mashed potatoes and let’s not forget delicious desserts! All this festive activity can increase energy use. Fortunately, the price Tampa Electric customers pay for electricity is among the lowest in Florida and well below the…
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Superheroes and goblins received a treat from TECO employees
As we enter the holiday season, one group of youngsters have magic to remember already. Call it the Nightmare before Christmas – with an emphasis on dreams coming true. That’s after TECO volunteers donated costumes or money for costumes to help about 100 disadvantaged children at the Patricia J. Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School to have a happy Halloween. The school, in Tampa Heights, serves children from homeless families staying…
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Turning on the power after Ida: a first-timer’s look at storm restoration.
Gerald Brigham could feel the tension in the pit of his stomach. After seven years with Tampa Electric, the U.S. Air Force veteran was in a convoy of line trucks for the first time, far from home. Destination: the heart of Hurricane Ida’s destruction in Louisiana. What scenes of mayhem awaited? They felt Ida’s leftovers before they reached Louisiana. Strong winds and torrential rain buffeted the heavy trucks and made it hard to see as they crossed Alabama. “Finally,…
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Applauding Our Healthcare Heroes
Most people don’t get the kind of welcome for simply coming to work that TECO recently gave Tampa General Hospital (TGH) employees. But these are no ordinary employees – they’re heroes on the frontline fight against COVID-19. Applause, noisemakers, signs like the kind Super Bowl or Stanley Cup champs might get, thumping dance beats and crowd-pleasing hooks of a DJ’s party mix: this was the scene at the hospital entrance…
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