Tampa Electric announced this morning plans to buy electricity from a solar power plant that will be built on a 200 to 400 acre site in Polk County. ...more

March 9, 2009

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson made his annual trek to the Florida Strawberry Festival parade luncheon, but he didn't get his usual treat. He had to catch a 1 p.m. flight to Washington and didn't have time for strawberry shortcake. Nelson was among a crowd of dignitaries and festival officials who attended the luncheon today at the Trinkle center on the Plant City campus of Hillsborough Community College. ...more

March 2, 2009

Tampa Electric customers hit with a big increase in their electricity fuel charges last month may see that charge rescinded. ...more

February 28, 2009

Electric customers who were hit with a big increase in their electricity fuel charges last month may see most of that charge rescinded. On Friday, Tampa Electric announced it will ask the Florida Public Service Commission for permission to lower the fuel charge on its customers' bills starting in May. ...more

February 27, 2009

Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven is open again following a single-car crash early this morning. The driver, 21-year-old Tyler Parton, and his father, 49-year-old Kenneth Parton, both of Bartow, were in stable condition at area hospitals. ...more

February 26, 2009

Two West Tampa homes were destroyed and another damaged in an early morning fire, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

February 14, 2009

TAMPA -- Tampa Bay is now open to all boating traffic, from the upper regions to the Sunshine Skyway. The Bay had been shut down for more than 12 hours after a collision between a fishing trawler and barge spilled about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the water. ...more

February 13, 2009

A cloud of coal dust gushed from the smokestack at Tampa Electric's Big Bend Power Plant on Wednesday after one of its coal-fired units unexpectedly went offline, TECO officials said. ...more

February 12, 2009

A cloud of coal dust gushed from the smokestack at Tampa Electric's Big Bend Power Plant this afternoon after one of its coal-fired units unexpectedly went offline, TECO officials said. ...more

February 11, 2009

A combination of mild weather and the lagging Florida economy pummeled earnings at TECO Energy Inc. ...more

February 7, 2009