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SaskPower issues warning about new scam
SaskPower is warning people about a new scam. According to the Crown corporation, a number of customers have said they've received calls from someone claiming to be from SaskPower asking for access to...
Feb 25, 2021
SaskPower exporting power to U.S. isn't new, but amount reaches near max
While exporting electricity isn't new for SaskPower, it has taken things to another level. The crown corporation is currently exporting 175 megawatts to the Southwest Power Pool, which is diverting th...
Feb 18, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
SaskPower exporting power to U.S. to help with mass power outages
SaskPower is helping Canada's neighbours to the south keep their power on. Due to the extreme cold in the southern U.S., the Saskatchewan crown corporation is exporting 175 megawatts of electricity. T...
Feb 16, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Power usage spikes during cold snap
It seems people in Saskatchewan have been plugged in during the recent cold snap. SaskPower has seen a rise in power consumption, with peak usage nearing a record set in 2017. According to the company...
Feb 11, 2021
CIC reports more than $100K in losses for third quarter
Due to some employee malfeasance, the Crown Investments Corporation reported more than $100,000 in losses among Saskatchewan's Crown corporations during the third quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal year. I...
Feb 01, 2021
Power being restored across Saskatchewan
The light bulbs were going on for more and more Saskatchewan residents Friday. As of Thursday at 10 p.m., SaskPower reported there were roughly 16,000 customers without power across the province due t...
Jan 15, 2021
80,000 residents still without power after extreme wind
SaskPower has crews out all over the province to get power restored. The extreme winds and snow that hit Saskatchewan on Wednesday night through to Thursday morning caused outages in well over 100 com...
Jan 14, 2021
Scammers target SaskPower customers
A Crown corporation is warning that its customers are being targeted by scam artists. In a media release, SaskPower said it has been told some clients are seeing texts and emails that claim they have ...
Jan 05, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Residential solar industry down 90 per cent one year after net metering decision
One year after SaskPower's decision to close its rooftop solar net metering program and not renew it, the residential solar industry in Saskatchewan is a shadow of its former self. In September 2019, ...
Dec 30, 2020 Members of the solar industry joined the Fridays for Future climate rally in front of the Legislative Building, asking the government to bring back the net metering program, on Sept. 27, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
SaskPower pens chapter for feds' SMR action plan
The federal government unveiled its Small Modular Reactor Action Plan on Friday, throwing its weight behind efforts to develop nuclear power technology. The plan, which outlines the efforts to deploy ...
Dec 18, 2020
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