Big Bend wouldn't be the first Tampa Electric plant where coal has been phased out. The company replaced the coal-fired Gannon Power Station with the natural-gas powered H.L. Culbreath Bayside ...

How people in Tampa get their power could be changing drastically if a regulatory agency and the governor approve a significant upgrade to Tampa’s Big Bend power plant. In 2016, A Canadian ...

The plant also was cited by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in November 1999, when the EPA said Big Bend and a sister plant, the Gannon Station near Tampa, violated the Clean Air Act.

Tampa Electric to dismantle two 500-foot-tall chimneys from Big Bend Power Plant by: Katlyn Fernandez. Posted: Mar 21, 2023 / 03:47 PM EDT. Updated: Mar 21, 2023 / 03:47 PM EDT ...

TECO says going from coal to natural gas at the Big Bend Plant is better for the environment and can save customers money on their electric bills. Open in Our App.

EL PASO, Texas -- Part of the blame for the haze increasingly obscuring Big Bend National Park’s wide open vistas may fall to sources as diverse as the Sahara Desert and East Coast power plants ...

Contractor Killed at Big Bend Power Plant, TECO Confirms BY Spectrum News Staff Hillsborough County PUBLISHED 12:45 PM ET Feb. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 12:45 PM EST Feb. 22, 2021 ...

Some environmental groups and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor had opposed the plan, saying the Big Bend Power Station will still rely on climate warming fossil fuel.

Contractor dies after fall at TECO’s Big Bend power plant by: WFLA 8 On Your Side Staff. Posted: Feb 22, 2021 / 12:35 PM EST. Updated: Feb 23, 2021 / 04:51 AM EST.

Federal regulators are taking their fight with Texas over pollution from coal-fired power plants to an unlikely new front: Big Bend National Park. The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday ...

TAMPA -- The parent company of Tampa Electric plans to seek regulatory approval in coming months to convert its Big Bend power plant, the site of an industrial accident that killed five workers ...