TEP is enhancing the resiliency of the local electric grid with three innovative energy storage facilities.
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TEP employee volunteers will help protect and preserve Sabino Canyon by removing buffelgrass in support of the 10th annual Beat Back Buffelgrass Day.
Frank E. “Red” Russell wasn’t just a company founder and its first manager. He also served on the Tucson City Council, helped start Tucson’s volunteer fire department and served as fire chief from 1898 to 1903 and again from 1905 to 1906. As if he wasn’t busy enough, Red also sold and repaired electrical equipment,
Tucson Electric Power’s status as a solar energy leader dates back to at least 2004, when the giant solar array at the company’s Springerville Generating Station produced more energy than any other photovoltaic array on the planet. Although a 5 megawatt system in eastern Germany boasted a slightly larger capacity, TEP’s 4.6 megawatt system was
Mark Mansfield, Tucson Electric Power’s Vice President of Energy Resources, and five University of Arizona students built outhouses in Bolivia with local residents as part of Engineers Without Borders. Mark is a professional mentor for the UA chapter of the nonprofit humanitarian organization that supports engineering projects in third-world countries, primarily to improve water and
They’re doctors for machines – predicting when bearings or other parts in motors and pumps are starting to go bad so they can be replaced or fixed before the larger piece of equipment fails. Tucson Electric Power’s Plant Maintenance Optimization Group at the Springerville Generating Station, or SGS, saved the company more than $1 million
Tucson Electric Power has invested more than $1 billion since 2011 to maintain safe, reliable electric service to more than 417,000 customers. These improvements have included: $468 million of upgrades to TEP’s transmission and distribution system, including $216 million to improve several 138-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines and build a new 500-kV transmission line. TEP also