Harley-Davidson’s first electric motorcycles come to Tampa
Called Project LiveWire, Harley-Davidson’s all-electric motorcycle has a look, sound and feel that’s authentic and original. And more importantly, it’s a blast to ride! Powered by lithium-ion battery...
View ArticleFast charge in less than 30 minutes: Temple Terrace flips a new switch on...
Reducing the time it takes to complete a task by more than 90 percent: how often do those opportunities come along? In Temple Terrace, it’s an opportunity that comes wrapped in cars like the...
View ArticleDriving EVs sparks interest, changes behavior
The last week of February and the first week of March I had the opportunity to drive the company’s Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf electric vehicles (EVs). I expected to eliminate the need for gas and...
View Article“Move Over Act” helps protect utility crews
As utility crews repair electric and gas infrastructure with a focus on safety and achievement with a sense of urgency, they often find themselves working roadside – and uncomfortably close to drivers...
View ArticleReady to roll: Tampa Electric, Peoples Gas have a new mobile command response...
TECO has added serious horsepower to its crisis response plans. With its 35-foot mobile command response vehicle, the company now has a command center it can relocate as an emergency dictates. The...
View ArticleComparing electric vehicles: original equipment manufacturer’s model vs....
This article is by Tom Blair, a fellow engineer with Tampa Electric’s Engineering & Project Management team. As the enthusiastic owner of an electric vehicle (EV), I’m eager to see more of these...
View ArticleOperation Partnership extends powerful connection between TECO and MacDill...
From both a military and civilian standpoint, this operation was a success. While the danger was minimal, the potential positive impact on the community was great. And by all accounts, the opportunity...
View ArticleWe’re staying safe on the road as we work to serve you
To the moon and back nearly 20 times: that’s about equal to how many miles – more than 11 million – TECO team members have driven without a preventable vehicle accident while serving the community. As...
View ArticleWelcome to TECOchat – a conversation about electric vehicles
You see them popping up everywhere – your grocery store, drug store, the library, Tampa International Airport and parking spaces in downtowns all across West Central Florida and beyond. What are they?...
View ArticleTECO 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...
View ArticleAn award to celebrate: First in safety as we work hard to serve you
At Tampa Electric and across TECO Energy, safety is our top priority. Given some of the work we do to serve the community with 99.9 percent reliability, it’s easy to see why. And while in some ways,...
View ArticleSafe driving pledge gains momentum with TECO team members
Drive like Mad Max, face the sad facts: in the United States alone, nearly 37,000 people on average die each year in car accidents – with more than 2.3 million others injured or disabled. Tampa...
View ArticleHappy Earth Day to you (and many more…): Embrace it at EcoFest 2016 at...
In the little corners of Earth that TECO serves – communities across Florida and New Mexico – we take our commitment to the environment very seriously. We’ve spent millions of dollars to lead the way...
View ArticleTECO turns Mega Night electric at Rampello Magnet School
They’re too young to own homes, and you won’t see even the oldest among them behind the wheel of a car for at least a couple more years. But the students of Rampello Magnet School in Tampa know...
View ArticleHurricane preparedness is a way of life at TECO
Like serial killers in movies, hurricanes often greet us with innocent-sounding names before things turn deadly. That was true of 2004’s Hurricane Frances, which raged across Florida and up into the...
View ArticleTECO crews and contractors excel at safety and speed with Colin response
When Tropical Storm Colin came calling, TECO crews and contractors were ready with a “fast and furious” response – not in muscle cars but in bucket trucks and other fleet vehicles as they fanned out...
View ArticleValue 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...
View ArticleGet behind the wheel and buckle up for Tampa Bay’s National Drive Electric...
The city of Oldsmar is celebrating National Drive Electric Week 2016 (Sept. 10-18) with a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) rally and driving tour starting at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the...
View ArticleSafety cones on TECO trucks change color to symbolize a larger struggle...
Orange safety cones are about as commonplace as the reliable power Tampa Electric provides to the communities it serves. We even have some miniature magnetic versions that team members place on the...
View ArticleTampa plugs into the future of transportation
Although it was slightly cloudy Monday morning at the University of South Florida’s Marshall Student Center, the future of transportation in the bay area was shining bright. The USF Tampa campus – one...
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