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    Cable firm Breezeline using EVs to reduce Emissions 30 percent this decade

    April 25, 2022
    The company’s sales teams in New Hampshire and West Virginia have started using EVs and over the years to come, the cable operator intends to transition its technician vans and trucks to electric
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    Breezeline, the U.S. operations of North American cable operator Cogeco Communications, has started using electric vehicles with an aim to reducing its operational emissions by 65% by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

    The company’s sales teams in New Hampshire and West Virginia have started using EVs and over the years to come, the cable operator intends to transition its technician vans and trucks to electric.

    Breezeline President Frank van der Post explained, “The greening of our fleet is a key initiative in our long term plan to reduce emissions and to protect the environment.”

    The EVs in use carry a sign “On the road to zero emissions,” asserting the firm’s commitment. Among its other initiatives to reducing its environmental impact are:

    ·       1 ) Power Purchase Agreements to secure 100% renewable energy for its operations by 2030

    ·        2)   Reducing non-operational emissions, including a reduction in the environmental impact of equipment used, by 30%. New products, like IPTV, use equipment that requires a fraction of the energy consumed by traditional set top boxes.

    ·        3)  Reducing commuting hours of employees with the introduction of a FlexWork policy

    “Our parent company, Cogeco, has led the way through its ongoing commitment to sustainable operation,” van der Post added. “We are committed to doing the same in our U.S. operations by adopting these emissions reduction targets and seeking improvements that will lead to a sustainable future.” 

    Formerly known as Atlantic Broadband, the company is the eighth-largest cable operator in the United States. The company provides its residential and business customers with Internet, TV and Voice services in 12 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

     Cogeco Communications Inc. also operates in Québec and Ontario, in Canada, under the Cogeco Connexion name.

     According to the Environmental Protection Agency, transportation accounts for the largest portion (27%) of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (based on 2020 data).    

    About the Author

    EnergyTech Staff

    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    He can be reached at [email protected]. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids.

    Many large-scale energy users such as Fortune 500 companies, and mission-critical users such as military bases, universities, healthcare facilities, public safety and data centers, shifting their energy priorities to reach net-zero carbon goals within the coming decades. These include plans for renewable energy power purchase agreements, but also on-site resiliency projects such as microgrids, combined heat and power, rooftop solar, energy storage, digitalization and building efficiency upgrades.