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
Around the holidays, at-risk children are among the most in need. One focus of the Tucson Electric Power Community Action Team is to support charities that help at-risk children. Through CAT, employees have formed tight connections with many nonprofit agencies that serve children in foster care, combat youth homelessness and support children’s financial education, among
School’s back in session, and UNS Energy Corporation employees helped less-fortunate children gear-up for their return to the classroom. In Tucson, about 50 TEP volunteers helped kids pick out new clothes as part of the Salvation Army ChildSpree 2013. About 125 kids in grades K-12 participated in the July 20 event at the JC Penny
Deep in the heart of Arizona Wildcat country is another feline-inspired entity – the Community Action Team, or CAT, of Tucson Electric Power. For the past 20 years, this CAT has been on the prowl for ways to serve its communities through volunteer service and charitable contributions. In its first year, back in 1993,