When temperatures drop, home heating can have the biggest impact on your electric bill. Here are some simple tips that can help you stay warm and save money on your electric bill. Staying safe and warm indoors Lower your thermostat to 68°F or the lowest comfortable setting, and keep the settings constant. With a heat pump, limit the activation of the supplemental heat strip by making minor, periodic adjustments to…
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Top 10 ways to save energy and money
It’s 2022 – do you know where your energy is being wasted? For the new year, we asked the energy experts at Tampa Electric for their biggest and best money-saving tips. Here’s what they said: 1. Adjust your day-to-day behaviors Saving energy can be as simple as turning off lights and appliances not being used. For more savings, turn down your thermostat in the winter (68 degrees Fahrenheit or lower)…
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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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A Day with the Storm Protection Plan team: Burying Overhead Lines Throughout West Central Florida
Whether it’s a love of our beautiful tree canopy or frustration at outages caused by wayward tree limbs, many customers have asked why Tampa Electric doesn’t bury the power lines. Thanks to the Storm Protection Plan, we are! About 55% of our neighborhood lines are currently overhead, most often in well-established, legacy neighborhoods. Our long-term Storm Protection Plan (SPP) is specifically designed to strengthen our electric grid to reduce the…
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Meters and smart phones have something in common
Whether we like it or not, advancements in technology change our lives. Think about how you communicate with others. If you’re working from home, you’re likely using Zoom or some other application to communicate with coworkers. It’s becoming more difficult to get by without a smart phone and with battery technology improving, gasoline cars may become a thing of the past. And these are just a few examples! The good…
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