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Cleaning the ocean one mile at a time

Tampa Electric volunteers

69 cigarette butts. 176 plastic bottle caps. 10 masks.   In September, Tampa Electric volunteers gathered to pick up trash on Davis Islands Beach. The organizer, Julie Chilson, says 15 volunteers came to help. “Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful has cleanups every year,” she explains. “We try to do at least one environmental stewardship project a year, something that will help the community and the environment.”  Safety, as usual, came first. “Everyone…

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Community Company Environment Vehicles

Greening our fleet offers many benefits

As we celebrate National Drive Electric Week, Sept. 26 to Oct. 4, we join a nationwide celebration to raise awareness of the benefits of driving an electric vehicle (EV). As EVs become more popular, manufacturers are rolling out new models that are fun to drive, require less maintenance, are better for the environment and offer battery capacity to go longer distances, making range anxiety a thing of the past. Tampa…

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Community Environment

Inspiring Hope for the birds

Big Bend employees volunteering at Raptor Center

At Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas our employees are finding ways to “Inspire Hope” during the pandemic. And we’re proud to share stories of team members safely volunteering and inspiring hope in our communities, one day at a time. When Tampa Electric crews found a young osprey tangled in his nest, they knew just who to call. When two ducklings got separated from their mother at Big Bend power station,…

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Community Environment

Of all the many(tee) reasons 6 million people have come to our free Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach, here are some more

If everyone in Wisconsin came to Tampa Electric’s free Manatee Viewing Center and brought a few friends, what would they say? Maybe something like: “Wow! You mean this place is free?! It’s incredible! And there’s way more than manatees!” Since 1986, 6 million people – about equal to the entire population of Wisconsin – have experienced free Florida beauty at its finest at our Manatee Viewing Center. On Feb. 22,…

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Community Environment

Happy Florida Arbor Day from TECO! (If you plant a tree, plant it in the right place – and call 811 before you dig!)

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…

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