Over the past seven years, the city of Temple Terrace has tapped into Tampa Electric’s many energy-saving programs to not only Go Green, but to save some green too! Just this year alone, the city received more than $11,000 in rebates from Tampa Electric for installing energy-efficient indoor and outdoor lighting at several facilities, including the Temple Terrace Family Recreation Center, Omar K. Lightfoot Recreation Center, the Water Department and…
Value goes up for Tampa Electric customers – while bills go down
In physics, generally speaking, when something goes up, it must come back down. But at Tampa Electric, the full package of our commitment to our customers (reliable power’s just the start) only goes up. And at the same time, your rates keep coming down. We’re eager to see that trend continue in January with a possible $1.54 decrease in customer bills in a proposal we filed on Sept. 1 with…
A community’s worth of stories for the next generation at the USF Engineering Expo
For many TECO team members who participated in the 2016 University of South Florida Engineering Expo, Feb. 19 and 20 at the USF College of Engineering, it felt a little like going back to school – only now they were the teachers who helped make young faces light up. And light up they did as they learned about how TECO safely serves the community with 99.9 percent reliability. About how…
TECO adds plug-in electric pickup trucks to its Green Fleet
Alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) come in all shapes and sizes and TECO Energy and its utility subsidiaries have been test driving them to benefit our customers since 2009. TECO’s Green Fleet at Tampa Electric consists of all-electric Nissan LEAFs, extended-range Chevy Volts, a Cadillac ELR and trouble trucks with battery-powered buckets. The Green Fleet at Peoples Gas consists of several natural gas-fueled vehicles. The latest addition to the fleet includes…
At Tampa Electric, savings keep coming while value for customers increases
More Power to You, Tampa Bay – and starting in January, it will cost Tampa Electric customers even less. How is this possible? Chalk it up to lower natural gas prices (a pass-through cost for customers from which Tampa Electric doesn’t profit) along with effective cost management. The result is customer bills that will be $2.25 less a month starting January 2016. In fact, that decrease is part of a…