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,
Hammers in hand, TEP employees David Wagner and Leonard Nehrmeyer helped frame a house in Tucson’s Copper Vista neighborhood as part of Habitat for Humanity Tucson’s Building Freedom Day. The annual Sept. 11 event commemorates the 2001 tragedy by raising the walls of multiple homes for qualifying local families. Jessica Cordero in Transmission & Distribution
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona are working together to distribute 100,000 free compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs that will be distributed throughout the community during cookie sales. The bulbs are provided through TEP’s Energy Star Lighting program, which makes CFL bulbs available from local stores at discounts of up
TEP welcomes Involta, LLC , which is bringing a state-of-the-art, 40,000-square-foot Tier III data center to Tucson – the first of its kind in the region. The new development will boost the community’s Information Technology capacity – and, specifically, its data infrastructure – a vital component to attracting, expanding and creating new opportunities in Tucson’s
Food insecurity is a growing problem in Arizona, where one in three children goes hungry every day, and one in five families stretches its dollars to buy food. Throughout the year, UNS Energy (the parent company of Tucson Electric Power and UniSource Energy Services) employees address these needs through a variety of Community Action Team