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Saskatchewan's biggest wind farm coming to Assiniboia area
Saskatchewan's biggest wind farm yet is coming to the Assiniboia area. SaskPower announced that it has accepted the proposal by Potentia Renewables Inc. for a 200 megawatt (MW) project that will produ...
Oct 19, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
SaskPower program looks to buy more renewable energy
As SaskPower tries to find more ways to gather renewable power, it's looking to its customers. The Crown Corporation is introducing a program which will allow customers to sell more power back to the ...
Oct 03, 2018
Coroner’s report asks utilities to call police before service cuts
The shocking discovery of a woman's skeletal remains in her home after two years may prompt changes to the way utility services check up on people who haven't paid bills. Regina police found the woman...
Aug 14, 2018
Heatwave helps province set summer power record
With temperatures reaching into the 30s this week, people in Saskatchewan have been eating up power to cool off. On Thursday, just before 6 p.m., SaskPower said the province set a new summer power use...
Aug 10, 2018
Lightning, wildlife and old equipment cause NW Regina outages
SaskPower crews have been busy restoring multiple power outages recently in northwest Regina. There were four outages in the span of a week and they were all caused by common issues. Jordan Jackle wit...
Jul 20, 2018
Province will not expand carbon capture at Boundary Dam
Despite years of touting the technology and sinking more than $1 billion into the project, the province says it will not be expanding the carbon capture project to two other units at Boundary Dam Powe...
Jul 09, 2018 Minister responsible for SaskPower Dustin Duncan explains the Crown corporation's decision to not expand carbon capture at Boundary Dam on July 9, 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Smart meter testing expands to more businesses
Following a round of smart meter testing in 2017, SaskPower is now expanding its re-launched pilot program. The crown will install 7,500 meters on businesses and industries around Saskatchewan beginni...
Jun 21, 2018 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME file photo)
First utility-scale solar project coming to Sask.
As SaskPower continues to work on reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, it's beginning work on the province's first utility-scale solar project. While the Crown corporation has customer programs wher...
Jun 19, 2018
SaskPower meter upgrades continue following ground shifting
After dealing with 80 ground-shifting incidents in the last year, including 10 fires, SaskPower is now confident the fire risk has been eliminated on a majority of homes in Regina. Since last July, Sa...
May 29, 2018 Electricians and SaskPower crews are working to add wiring and larger metre boxes on homes to safely deal with pressure from ground shifting May 28, 2018. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Deal struck between SaskPower and First Nations Power Authority
A deal between SaskPower and the First Nations Power Authority (FNPA) was signed on Friday to use flare gas from oil and gas operations to produce electricity. The deal is worth about $300 million in ...
May 13, 2018 Oilpatch
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Sarah Mills: The World Cup has not opened with the beautiful game
Sarah Mills says the World Cup should be a showcase of the best of soccer and win over the skeptical north Americans, bu...
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