Alectra Receives Environmental Stewardship Award for Rejuvenating Underground Cables

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June 4, 2018

For the second consecutive year, Alectra Utilities has earned an environmental stewardship award from Novinium, a provider of electrical cable rejuvenation for electric utilities.
In 2017, Alectra rejuvenated more than 76,000 meters of underground power cables, mitigating 968 metric tons of CO2 that would have otherwise been released into the environment.

Rejuvenating existing electrical cable allows it to be recycled in place, eliminating the waste created by otherwise abandoning and replacing failing electrical cable. Alectra distributes electricity to nearly one million customers in Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe Area.

The award was presented to Norm Loberg, Board Chair, Alectra Inc.; Brian Bentz, President and CEO, Alectra Inc. and Max Cananzi, President, Alectra Utilities Corporation by Dean Stone, Regional Sales Manager, Novinium; Chris Sams, VP Sales & Marketing, Novinium.

The Environmental Stewardship Award was established by Novinium to honour electrical utilities rejuvenate their electrical cables rather than replace aging, underground power networks. Based on the number of meters of electrical cable rejuvenated in 2017 and the resulting CO2 mitigation, Alectra Utilities is only 1 of 10 in North America being presented this award.

“Our mission at Novinium is to help the electrical industry rehabilitate its aging infrastructure at a fraction of the capital cost of replacement and to do so in a way that is safer and more environmentally friendly than replacement alternatives,” says Glen Bertini, CEO of Novinium. “This award recognizes the commitment by electrical utilities to choose a solution that is good for the planet and their clients.”

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