The four coal-fired units at the Big Bend Power Station are the oldest in Tampa Electric's fleet, dating back to the 1970s and '80s. Three of the four are known as "wet-bottom boilers;" they use ...

Turning off and restarting a coal-fired boiler costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, experts say. Tampa Electric's safety record has come under intense scrutiny since the accident earlier this ...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) says Tampa Electric is the only utility in Florida still using the boiler. Details of Tampa Electric’s plan for Big Bend include initially ...

After the accident, Tampa Electric’s then CEO Gordon Gillette told the Times the company would not allow maintenance work with the boiler running until the OSHA investigation was finished.

Tampa Electric is still contesting the "willful ... arrived at the facility to fix a water leak in the Unit 3 boiler's cooling system. Before they could make any repairs, they were hit by a ...

“Safety is the No. 1 priority at Tampa Electric, and we are working hard ... a leftover by-product from coal boilers at the plant. Coal-fired furnace burning above The left over by-product ...

The Tampa Electric Company pleaded guilty for its role ... The slag would fall to the bottom of the boiler and eventually drain into either of the two “slag tanks” attached to the boilers ...

After the accident, Tampa Electric's then-CEO Gordon Gillette told the Times that the company would not allow maintenance work with the boiler running until the OSHA investigation was finished.

Babcock Power Services, located in Worcester, MA, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc. based in Danvers, MA, announced that it recently received multiple contracts from Tampa Electric Company for ...