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Power restored after outage hits south Regina
SaskPower has restored power to areas in south Regina, after what it called an "underground cable fault" left the areas of Albert Park, Hillsdale, Whitmore Park and south Albert in the dark. The utili...
Aug 08, 2019 A power outage hit south Regina on Thursday morning, Aug. 8, 2019. (SaskPower outage web page)
Good news, bad news in SaskPower annual report
Despite a couple of major power outages and the start of the carbon tax, 2018-19 appears to have been a good year for SaskPower, with the Crown corporation reporting a dividend for the first time in s...
Jul 05, 2019 SaskPower released its annual report for 2018-19 on July 5, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
SaskPower natural gas plans could be derailed by federal regs
The future of SaskPower's natural gas plans, and therefore its emissions reductions, could be in jeopardy after new regulations from the federal government. On Friday, the federal government released ...
Jul 05, 2019 Minister Responsible for SaskPower Dustin Duncan (l) and Troy King, vice-president of finance and business performance and Chief Financial Officer for SaskPower (r), at a media briefing on July 5, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Power outage hits south-central Sask.
As of 8:30 Thursday morning, residents in south-central Saskatchewan were without power, and SaskPower was working to fix the problem. The outage affected residents in Wilcox, Assiniboia, Coronach, Ca...
Jun 20, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Power restored after early-morning outage in northwest Regina
SaskPower is reporting that power has been restored to northwest Regina, after the Crown corporation said the power went out around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. The utility provider reported that the Westhill, ...
Jun 18, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Keeping the lights on: SaskPower spending $18.9M in Regina
SaskPower is trying to keep people's lights on for longer; it's spending $18.9 million on infrastructure in Regina alone this year. "As the infrastructure ages, we want to make sure that we're upgradi...
May 22, 2019 Crews tear up a chunk of sidewalk on Osler Street near 11th Avenue to continue work on SaskPower infrastructure. May 22, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan carbon capture facility likely to fall short of annual target: CEO
The CEO of SaskPower says he doesn't think the province's carbon capture and storage facility will be able to meet its yearly target for trapping carbon dioxide. Mike Marsh says the Crown corporation'...
May 07, 2019
SaskPower looking for location of utility-scale solar project
The province is looking for some bright ideas on a new utility-scale solar power project. SaskPower wants to build a 10-megawatt (MW) solar power project but has not decided on a location. SaskPower i...
Apr 23, 2019
SaskPower announces plans for new building, renovations
SaskPower is bringing its people together. The Crown corporation announced Thursday that it plans to move some of its Regina-area employees in an effort to reduce its locations in the Queen City. When...
Apr 18, 2019
SaskPower carbon tax to be retroactive to Jan. 1
There's going to be an extra, extra charge on Saskatchewan power bills as of April. The carbon tax will start showing up on bills for this month, but so will a retroactive charge for the carbon tax fo...
Apr 10, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
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