TECO’s Big Bend Power Station Credit: Photo via Adobe
With air conditioners cranked up to combat the scorching heat, Tampa Electric Co. set a record Tuesday for summer electricity use, the utility said.

At 5 p.m. Tuesday, Tampa Electric customers used 4,640 megawatts of electricity, the highest amount used at any moment.

That topped the previous record of 4,514 megawatts on Aug. 18, 2021, the utility said in a news release Wednesday.

“This weather is not easy on our customers,” Archie Collins, president and chief executive officer of Tampa Electric, said in a prepared statement. “Air conditioners are working harder, and bills are higher as a result.”

This article appears in Aug 10-16, 2023.