Tampa Electric Company: payment plan or bill assistance

Ask for a payment arrangement online, apply for LIHEAP or EHEAP, contact a Share program partner, and ask for Due Date Plus on a fixed income.

BCredibility B · last verified 2026-10-13 · 88% official or government sources

What does this mean?

Grade B (good: mostly official pages; check the flagged values before relying on them). 88% of 33 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.

All Tampa Electric Company contacts Open in the interactive directory JSON

Collect

current bill
12-digit account number
household income

Steps

Request a payment arrangement online for an immediate decision.
OnlinePayment Arrangement request (TECO account) Sign-in required
Apply for LIHEAP (floridajobs.org) or, with a resident aged 60 or older, EHEAP; or contact a Share program partner (Metropolitan Ministries, The Salvation Army, Catholic Charities Diocese of St. Petersburg).
FormPayment assistance (LIHEAP, EHEAP, Share program, Due Date Plus)
If you live on Social Security, disability or retirement payments, ask for Due Date Plus.
PhoneCustomer Care (residential) +1-888-223-0800

Facts you can cite

Limit
Tampa Electric's assistance page says LIHEAP helps eligible Florida households with incomes from $32,155 to $85,335 depending on household size, and EHEAP serves households with a resident 60 or older at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
Source: tampaelectric.com, verified 2026-10-13
Policy
Due Date Plus aligns the due date with Social Security, disability, retirement or other support payments; qualified customers get up to 52 extra days to pay.
Source: tampaelectric.com, verified 2026-10-13

If that fails, escalate

Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.

Customer service
PhoneCustomer Care (residential) +1-888-223-0800
Supervisor
PhoneCustomer Care (residential) +1-888-223-0800
Ask for a supervisor. Write down the name and reference number.
Written complaint
FormEmail Customer Care (residential contact form)
State agency
Your state’s utility commission. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON: states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).
Florida Public Service Commission, Office of Consumer Assistance & Outreach, 1-800-342-3552. The PSC says to contact the utility first and to contact the PSC if you do not hear back in a reasonable time or are not satisfied.
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON: states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).
Florida Attorney General.

Watch out

Payment arrangements and online payment need a TECO account sign-in at account.tecoenergy.com.
The claim form PDF and the tariff PDFs are encrypted; some automated readers cannot extract their text.
The scam page's "Report a Scam" link has no address in the fetched page; use Customer Care to verify or report.

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