founded 1899 headquarters tampa florida united states key people gordon gillette ceo tampa electric company revenue us 2 566.4 million 2014 1 us 2 355.1 million 2013 1 net income us 206.4 million 2014 1 us 188.7 million 2013 1 total assets us 8 726.2 million 2014 1 us 7 448.0 million 2013 1 total equity us 2 333.7 million 2013 1 us 2 291.8 million 2012 1 number of employees 4 300 2 website www.tecoenergy.com teco s big bend power station teco energy inc. is an energy related holding company based in tampa florida providing electricity to the tampa area and natural gas throughout the state of florida through its subsidiaries tampa electric and peoples gas respectively . on september 4 2015 emera a utility holding company based in halifax nova scotia canada announced the pending acquisition of teco energy . teco energy as of july 1 2016 is now a wholly owned subsidiary of emera inc. operating as a division of emera usa . contents 1 environmental record 2 see also 3 references 4 external links environmental record edit in 2000 teco energy was fined 3.5 million for making changes to emissions producing facilities without installing new updated pollution controls . this led to the switch from coal to natural gas in one of its plants by 2004 and optimization of pollution controls in another . these changes were enacted to drastically cut emissions notably sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions . 3 teco energy completed a 330 million emissions control project in 2010 which made one of its power stations one of the cleanest coal fired power plants in nation . the renovation reduced nitrogen oxide emissions at the plant by approximately 91 percent from levels recorded in 1998 . 4 since 1998 teco has invested 1.2 billion in improvements to the company s systems including the repowering of one coal fired station to natural gas and the addition of pollution controls on a second reducing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 91 percent and carbon dioxide levels by 20 percent from 1998 levels . 5 see also edit list of power stations in florida teco line streetcar system references edit a b c d e f g h teco energy inc 2014 annual report form 10 k xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . february 27 2015 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name xbrlus 1 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . http finance.yahoo.com q pr s te teco energy agrees to 3.5 mln fine with us epa released 3 mar 2000 retrieved 6 may 2008 tampa electric completes first phase of a 330 million air pollution control project released 5 jun 2007 retrieved 6 may 2008 teco energy leaders to participate in climate change summit released 11 jul 2007 retrieved 8 may 2008 external links edit teco energy corporate home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title teco energy & oldid 743862100 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangepower companies of the united statescompanies based in tampa floridahidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference names navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 18 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view