People in the Craik and Aylesburg area have not had power since Thursday night after a spray plane clipped a line with service not expected to resume until Friday night. SaskPower says the delay is due to the nature of the chemical sprayed from the plane and that service should be restored around 7 p.m […]
SaskPower says the first Power Generation Partner Program project is in operation. The PGPP allows residents to produce electricity in a renewable way or by carbon neutral non-renewable generation method and sell it back to the province. The first PGPP program is set up outside of Preeceville. Spokesperson Joel Cherry says having the first PGPP […]
SaskPower is reporting an $8-million improvement in their 2019-2020 annual report. The Crown corporation announced on Monday morning that net income was at $205 million this past fiscal year, up $8 million from 2018-2019. In addition, about $696 million was invested into the province’s electrical system, including $374 million in repairs and upgrades to infrastructure […]
SaskPower announced that they are investing $20.5 million to bolster Regina’s electrical grid. Crews will be replacing overhead and buried electrical cables, converting streetlights to LED bulbs, installing wildlife guards on transformers, as well as upgrading transformers. SaskPower’s Scott McGregor says that the majority of the work will be done downtown. “With the downtown area, […]
Construction is expected to start later this year on a warehouse complex for SaskPower at the Global Transportation Hub. The crown company says the complex will bring together employees at five locations in Regina and Lumsden that when completed will house service and support operations including logistics, metering, fleet safety and distribution and transmission operations. […]
SaskPower is warning about a scam targeting businesses. The Crown Corporation says that the scam involves someone who claims to be SaskPower, calling businesses and asking them to use either prepaid credit cards or gift cards in order to pay their outstanding balances. According to SaskPower, two businesses lost more than $1,000 each to fraud. […]
With spring seeding underway for many, SaskPower is advising farmers to be vigilant and watch for overhead lines. The warning comes after a power line was contacted by an auger earlier this week, knocking out power to about 9,300 customers in the Lanigan area. SaskPower’s Scott McGregor said that is very obviously a dangerous situation […]
SaskPower customers in Regina are being told to be vigilant with recent scams going around. In one case customers are instructed to attend a business that is described as a “SaskPower kiosk” where the customer is to then call a phone number to receive instructions on how to pay their account. These businesses are not […]
SaskPower has announced it is moving forward in the competitive process for the next wind generation project with the Request for Proposal for up to 300 megawatts of wind generated power. Nineteen applications were submitted to the Crown during the request for qualification phase, all 19 of those applicants were invited to submit a proposal […]
The government of Manitoba is going ahead with a new power transmission line running from Birtle to Saskatchewan, with funding from the federal government’s Investing in Canada’s Infrastructure plan. Winnipeg M.P. Jim Carr, special adviser for the Prairies, made the announcement Monday. “This (…) will allow for the distribution of surplus electricity for Manitoba from our power […]
