UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~December~~March 3, ~~2024~~2025

TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida

1-5007

59-0475140

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

TECO Plaza

702 N. Franklin Street

Tampa, Florida 33602

(Address of principal executive offices)

(813) 228-1111

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On ~~April~~March 23, ~~2024~~2025, Tampa Electric Company (the “Company”) ~~filed~~entered ~~with~~into ~~the~~an ~~Florida~~Underwriting ~~Public~~Agreement ~~Service Commission~~ (the “~~FPSC~~Underwriting Agreement”) awith ~~request~~J.P. Morgan ~~for~~Securities ~~a base rate increase~~LLC, ~~effective~~MUFG ~~January 1,~~Securities ~~2025,~~Americas ~~and~~Inc. ~~additional adjustments for 2026~~ and ~~2027.~~Wells ~~The~~Fargo ~~Company’s~~Securities, ~~proposed~~LLC, ~~rate~~as ~~request~~representatives ~~included recovery~~ of ~~solar~~the ~~generation~~several ~~projects,~~underwriters ~~energy~~listed ~~storage~~therein ~~capacity~~(collectively, athe ~~more resilient and modernized energy control center~~“Underwriters”), ~~and~~pursuant ~~other resiliency and reliability projects. Prior~~ to ~~the~~which ~~rate case hearing,~~ the Company ~~submitted~~agreed ~~revisions~~ to ~~its~~sell ~~requested~~and ~~base~~the ~~rate~~Underwriters ~~increase~~agreed to ~~reflect items that included production tax credits~~purchase, ~~energy~~upon ~~storage life expectancy, and~~ the ~~Company’s~~terms ~~grid reliability~~ and ~~resilience~~subject ~~project.~~to ~~From August 26 through 30, 2024,~~ the ~~Company’s~~conditions ~~rate~~set ~~case~~forth ~~hearing was heard by the FPSC. On December 3~~therein, ~~2024, the FPSC rendered a decision during a Special Agenda Conference. The FPSC decision includes an increase of~~ $~~185~~600.0 million inaggregate ~~2025~~principal ~~and~~amount ~~additional increases~~ of ~~$87 million~~5.15% ~~and~~Notes ~~$9 million~~due in2035 ~~2026 and 2027~~(collectively, ~~respectively~~the “Notes”). The ~~decision~~Notes ~~also~~will ~~allowed~~be ~~for~~issued ~~equity~~under ina ~~the~~nineteenth ~~capital~~supplemental ~~structure~~indenture to ~~continue to~~ be ~~54%~~entered ~~from~~into ~~investor~~with ~~sources of capital.~~ The ~~allowed~~Bank ~~regulatory~~of ~~return~~New onYork ~~equity range is 9.50% to 11.50% with a 10.50% midpoint~~Mellon, ~~effective~~as ~~January 1, 2025~~trustee. ~~Final~~The ~~rate~~offering ~~details~~of ~~reflecting~~the ~~this~~Notes ~~decision~~is ~~are~~scheduled ~~expected~~ to beclose ~~determined by the FPSC~~ on ~~December~~March 196, ~~2024~~2025.

In order to furnish certain exhibits for incorporation by reference into the Registration Statements on Form S-3 previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-267890), the Company is including the Underwriting Agreement as Exhibit 1.5 hereto and the opinion of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, regarding the validity of the Notes to be sold by the Company pursuant to such Underwriting Agreement, as Exhibit 5.3 hereto.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


1.5		Underwriting Agreement dated March 3, 2025, by and among J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Filed herewith.

5.3		Opinion of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP. Filed herewith.

23.4		Consent of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP (included as part of their opinion filed herewith).

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 9, 2024

TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY (Registrant)

Date: March 5, 2025

TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY (Registrant)

/s/ Michelle V. Szekeres

Michelle V. Szekeres

Corporate Secretary

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