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Tampa Electric increasing focus on Seminole Heights lighting

Utility is working with city, beefing up maintenance and evaluating sites for potential new lighting Tampa Electric has made Seminole Heights and surrounding areas its top priority for lighting...

October 24, 2017

Beware of energy vampires this Halloween: unplug unused appliances

As zombies and ghosts prepare to invade your neighborhood next week, it's a great time to watch for goblins that may already be lurking inside your house – vampires. "Energy vampires" are electroni...

October 06, 2017

Tampa Electric sending crews to New Orleans to help restore power

Entergy Louisiana anticipating damage from Tropical Storm Nate, expected to hit Sunday Tampa Electric is sending about 200 people to New Orleans to help Entergy Louisiana restore power after Tropic...

September 28, 2017

Tampa Electric significantly expanding use of solar power

Utility will have highest percentage of solar generation in Florida with 6 million panels In a win for customers and a win for the environment, Tampa Electric has reached a landmark agreement with...

September 17, 2017

Tampa Electric restores power to essentially all customers – Final...

Any customer who remains without power should report their outage Seven days after Hurricane Irma's winds blew through the Tampa Bay area, Tampa Electric has restored power to essentially all...

September 16, 2017

Tampa Electric nearly complete on restoration from Hurricane Irma –...

Any customer who remains without power should report their outage Tampa Electric has nearly completed restoration to hundreds of thousands of customers who were affected by Hurricane Irma, and...

September 15, 2017

Tampa Electric restores 90 percent of power after Hurricane Irma –...

Customers may experience a brief outage as we put other customers back in service Tampa Electric has restored power to more than 90 percent of the customers affected by Hurricane Irma. “We are in t...

September 13, 2017

Tampa Electric surpasses halfway point in restoration after Irma –...

The utility has repaired and restored its entire transmission system Tampa Electric is making significant progress after Hurricane Irma, restoring power to nearly 60 percent of the customers affect...

September 12, 2017

Tampa Electric will restore essentially all power by Sunday night –...

About 3,200 workers from as far away as Canada begin arriving today to help with restoration Tampa Electric is working around the clock – and is bringing in reinforcements – to restore power for th...

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