After nearly a week of work, SaskPower has nearly completed their repairs to the southwest after last week’s weather event. As of now 29 customers remain without power and their services are expected to be restored by 10:00 pm Monday night. Crews will be working on damaged lines that are in remote hard to access […]
About 138 SaskPower customers remain without power in the southwestern part of the province after a storm knocked down poles and lines last week. SaskPower said in a media release Saturday night that more than 600 power poles and 750 replacement crossarms have been sent to the Maple Creek area since the beginning of the […]
SaskPower said they were able to make solid gains last night, but 653 customers in the Southwest remain without power. Service was restored to the Nekaneet First Nation and four Hutterite colonies south of Maple Creek. ETR for the majority of the remaining customers is expected to be 10 p.m. tonight. SaskPower said more resources […]
After a severe spring weather event compromised a large swath of the power grid in south western Saskatchewan – SaskPower has been able to reconnect the majority of customers. Close to 4000 customers were left without power in multiple communities Wednesday thru to Thursday of this week. The power company was faced with the task […]
Work continues to be done to fully restore power to the southwest area of the province. On Wednesday, SaskPower crews worked throughout the day to restore power to the the majority of the Maple Creek area. This morning, crews will be working to restore power to the surrounding area of Maple Creek that are still […]
A severe storm event continues to leave more than 3000 SaskPower customers in the dark. SaskPower has been working round the clock to fix an unprecedented number of power lines after the lines were downed during a storm that impacted the southwest corner of the province. 3400 customers are still without power in the Maple […]
An update to yesterday’s power outage that affected the southwest section of the province. Around 6:15 pm, power was restored to Eastend, Val Marie, Climax and other surrounding areas. Crews were also able to restore power to the Shaunavon area Power was not restored in Maple Creek and were without power overnight. Crews are staged […]
Powerful winds have left approximately 6,500 SaskPower customers without power as crews fight the weather to try and repair downed lines. Maple Creek and Eastend are currently without power due to widespread damage to power lines. The power company is reporting at least 40 power poles that have been knocked down due to wind, and […]
SaskPower customer’s hopeful to receive new smart power meters this spring are going to be disappointed. Initial plans to bring new meters to rural and farming customers have hit a snag as the power company says it is unable to acquire the meters due to a supply chain issue a lack of microchips. SaskPower spokesperson […]
SaskPower is investing two million dollars towards their Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. The program aims to help businesses and organizations install 20 electric vehicles fast-charging stations along highways. The crown cooperation has started accepting applications from businesses or organizations interested in building fast-charging infrastructure. SaskPower is looking to build the charging stations where charging stations […]
