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SaskPower unlikely to consider carbon capture in the future
It's been hailed as the future of environmentally-friendly power, but SaskPower is unlikely to move forward with any future carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The Crown corporation confirmed F...
Nov 03, 2017
Sask. discovers damage from hurricane-force wind storm
Wind warnings are now over, but wind gusts hit hurricane force in some areas across Saskatchewan Tuesday night. As the sun came up on Wednesday morning reports of damage started coming in from people ...
Oct 18, 2017 Tree knocked down by wind in south Regina neighbourhood Oct. 18 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
City landfill, SaskPower prepare for powerful wind
There's a plan in place out at Regina's landfill to try and limit trash from going airborne with wicked wind. "If we were up on top of the hill and you're talking of gusts of 90 to 100 (kilometres), i...
Oct 17, 2017 Machinery at Regina's landfill prepares garbage from going airborne with strong wind in the forecast. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
SaskPower 'very confident' in smart meter program re-launch
Failures in the past aside, SaskPower has moved forward and feels confident its re-launched smart meter program will be successful this time around. The crown has announced it has begun testing the me...
Oct 05, 2017 SaskPower's manager of Metering Services Dean Schill demonstrates the extreme temperatures smart meters have been tested in during the re-launch of the program on Oct. 5, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
10th power box fire caused by ground shifting in Regina
Ground shifting has caused another fire in a power meter box in north Regina. Regina fire crews were called out at 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning to a house on Price Crescent where a power box was spa...
Oct 04, 2017 A seventh SaskPower meter box caught fire in Regina on Aug. 4, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Carbon capture touted at global symposium in Regina
SaskPower is a world leader in the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) so it makes sense to hold a conference about the technology right next door. At the Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina, the world's...
Oct 03, 2017 Panellists, including SaskPower president and CEO Mike Marsh, addresses the Global CCS Symposium in Regina on Oct. 3, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
SaskPower shifts meter box inspections to new areas
SaskPower crews have wrapped up their inspections of meter boxes in three neighbourhoods of Regina where fires were most likely. The Uplands, Normanview and Glencairn areas were most susceptible for t...
Sep 06, 2017 Geotechnical engineer Wayne Clifton uses an extension cord to demonstrate to media on Sept. 6, 2017, how shifting ground can pull wiring down and away from SaskPower meter boxes. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
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 ...
Aug 29, 2017
Northwest Regina sees increase in power outages: SaskPower
Who turned off the lights? That's the question many in northwest Regina have been asking lately as power outages sweep across the area. https://twitter.com/hockeygurlie123/status/900838080264847360 ht...
Aug 26, 2017 A SaskPower electrician works on a meter in Regina on August 24, 2017.
SaskPower installing junction boxes on meters due to fires
SaskPower has been inspecting Regina homes this summer and fixing meters that may be affected by ground shifting. So far, nine SaskPower meters have caught fire in Regina. Homes with smaller meters ha...
Aug 24, 2017 A SaskPower electrician works on a meter in Regina on August 24, 2017.
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