There was an announcement by SaskPower on Aug. 10 that is very significant, especially for Estevan. SaskPower is going to beef up its power transmission interconnect with the U.S. Southwest Power Pool (SPP), from the existing 150 megawatts to 650 megawatts. It’s a...
Saskatchewan’s public offering of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights held on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, raised $6,520,192, which is more than double the August 2021 offering. This brings the current total for the 2022-23 fiscal year to $28,761,806 in revenue for...
Canada’s west coast pipeline Crown corporation has a new head. The board of directors of Trans Mountain Corporation announced on Aug. 10 the appointment of Dawn Farrell to the position of president and chief executive officer and member of the board of directors. The...
On a day when SaskPower announced a major interconnect agreement with the American Southwest Power Pool, its necessity was vividly demonstrated by Alberta’s power grid. It turns out that adding more wind power generation does not necessarily mean you’re actually going...
REGINA – One of the largest questions facing Saskatchewan’s economy is where will we be getting our electrical power in the next 10 years? SaskPower is looking down the barrel of the federally-mandated retirement of conventional coal-fired power by the end of 2029,...
