TEP’s longstanding partnership with Junior Achievement, or JA, is a major part of our support of education in the community.
Keeping birds of prey safe from hazardous utility equipment requires ongoing efforts in creativity, innovation and stealth.
TEP recently erected a pole equipped only with an artificial nesting box in the Green Valley area. Its only purpose is to provide a safer home for raptors who had built their own nest atop an energized pole about 40 feet away.
Automated meters offer an accurate, affordable way to measure energy usage.
Our volunteers recently built six tents that helped a dozen owls acclimate to their new homes on a farmland plot near Marana.
When trees grow into power lines, outages can occur. It’s important to clear weeds from alleys so we can access electrical equipment during emergencies.
There are easy steps that businesses – both small and large – can take to better manage their electric use during the hot summer months.
TEP’s Raptor Protection Program is an ongoing effort to safeguard electrical equipment to protect large birds.
Tucson Electric Power has an extensive partnership with the University of Arizona to study and identify the optimal integration of renewable energy technology. Researchers and scientists in the UA Renewable Energy Network work closely with TEP personnel to test solar panels, forecast weather, experiment with different solar technologies and develop batteries for storing energy. “The