Tampa Electric Company

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702 N Franklin St

Tampa, FL 33602

+1 (813) 223-0800

http://www.tampaelectric.com

Tampa Electric Company is an investor-owned electric utility that was incorporated in 1899. It serves in an area of more than 2,000 square miles, including Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk counties in Florida. The company operates more than five electric plants and utilizes a transmission and distribution system. Tampa Electric Company has over 4,000 megawatts of generating capacity and provides reliable power and value-added energy services to over 667,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers. It is a principal subsidiary of TECO Energy, which is an integrated energy-related holding company that serves the utility sector and is complemented by a family of unregulated businesses. Tampa Electric Company is a regulated utility with electric and gas divisions and offers waterborne transportation, coal and independent power services.

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Rod W.

9/18/2021

2021 update Tampa Electric acknowledged the issue and acted upon it with new cables. Thank you Their updates on outages is excellent.....great progress.

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Debbie W.

9/15/2025

Very poor customer service and meter readings are estimated when someone comes out read my meter. Alot of power outages. I live in a 20 foot camper with half of camper is on solar system and...

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Shawn B.

10/3/2025

One of the worst companies in the universe. Honestly, it's not surprisingly when they promote DEI garbage on their website. Want to get your service reconnected? Be prepared to take 3+ hours out...

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Mandy C.

6/26/2025

Literally the worst electric company in the United States. I've traveled a lot and never have I had an electric company worse than TECO. Terribly run, bad customer service, and the power shuts off...

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Jas S.

2/6/2025

TECO is a horrible company. There is no ither company we can use so we are stuck! The bills climb higher and all for their "big project". I have constant brown outs. Used to be in Valrico where...

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