Utilities across the U.S. have made pledges to dramatically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. According to a report released in early 2024 by the U.S. Department of Energy, 80 percent of customer accounts in America are served by an individual utility or a utility owned by a parent company with a 100 percent decarbonization target.

Many of the tools for achieving greenhouse gas emissions cuts are well known, including the wide-scale deployment of wind and solar generation as well as energy efficiency measures. Underground cables, however, are not often viewed as a decarbonization tool. But the truth is that rejuvenating underground cables rather than replacing them is an opportunity to dramatically drive down emissions while improving grid resilience. For example, one utility that opted to rejuvenate instead of replacing its cables eliminated emissions equivalent to saving 30 million trees. Topics to be discussed on the webinar include:

– The aging mechanisms of underground cables
– How cable rejuvenation works
– The decarbonization, cost, and reliability benefits of cable rejuvenation
– NV Energy’s ambitious cable rejuvenation initiative