SaskPower reports new peak power use as August ends

Hot weather in late August has resulted in another peak power use record for SaskPower.

SaskPower reports 3,470 megawatts was used Monday, when Regina broke a weather record at 35.5 C.

This isn’t the first time a power use record has been broken this year.

The previous record of 3,419megawatts was set on July 27, which shattered a record from July 2015.