Alejandro’s Tortilla Factory recently worked with TEP energy advisors to identify opportunities for energy efficient upgrades.
Properly sealing and insulating your facility’s exterior — the walls, ceiling, windows, doors, roof, floors and even skylights — is an easy, cost-effective way to improve energy efficiency and comfort. Your building’s exterior protects the climate-controlled indoor environment from outside elements. Seal Doors and Windows Doors and windows that don’t close completely let conditioned air
TEP employee Daniel Bachelier holds a 1992 photo of himself when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Orlando. His first assignment was starboard watch leading petty officer for about 60 recruits of Company 1023. He now serves as a quality control damage investigator for TEP’s Outside Services department. “Among our population, veterans have the
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has recognized Tucson Electric Power as the 2012 Investor Owned Utility of the Year for the company’s leadership and continued investment in solar energy. TEP currently has more than 45 megawatts (MW) of solar generating capacity, enough to meet the annual electric needs of more than 8,000 Tucson homes.
In Arizona, lightning strikes, thunderstorm winds, hail, tornadoes, flash flooding, wildfires and extreme heat have caused an average of seven deaths, 18 injuries, and $60 million in property damage every year since 1991. Road closures, as well as power and communication outages are additional consequences of monsoon weather hazards experienced by Southern Arizonans each year.
Collaborative research by TEP and the University of Arizona has shown that safeguarding electrical equipment can greatly reduce injury and electrocutions to raptors – particularly Harris’ Hawks and Great Horned Owls. For more than 15 years, we’ve worked with wildlife experts to protect birds and other animals from electrical hazards. Animals are creative and inconsistent
To festive holiday tunes, employees spent their lunch hours recently creating unique holiday cards from multi-colored paper, ribbons and other colorful embellishments. The cards will go to active military members overseas, who in turn will send them to their loved ones back home over the holidays. The volunteer effort was part of Operation Write Home,
No team is complete without a mascot, and the same is true for Tucson Electric Power’s Community Action Team. That’s why Curtis Brooks, who retired in 2007 after nearly 40 years of service, came up with PowerCAT. The mascot was introduced in 1995 at the company’s volunteer recognition event. “After dinner, when the awards began,