Strategic progress - our year at a glance

At our company, five new Strategic Priorities are guiding SaskPower’s ongoing quest for innovation and service excellence.

  1. Proud and productive employees.
    • Corporate Diversity Strategy developed and rolled out.
    • Respectful Workplace Policy launched.
    • Leadership succession planning and skill-specific training initiatives continue.
    • Deployment of new P25-compliant mobile radio dispatch system concluded in southern half of the province.
  2. Loyal and satisfied customers.
    • Record $103 million spent on new customer connects.
    • Record 16,162 new service applications.
    • First full year of Service Delivery Renewal Program completed.
    • Over 200,000 compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs distributed in communities across Saskatchewan.
    • Geothermal and Self-generated Renewable Power Loan Program introduced.
    • Funding for Energy Efficiency for New Homes Rebate Program and Net Metering Program enhanced.
  3. Dependable and secure infrastructure.
    • Record peak load of 3,194 megawatts (MW).
    • Integrated supply and transmission plan development begins.
    • Wind Power Integration and Development Unit formed.
    • Comprehensive North American Electric Reliability Corporation audit conducted.
    • Three 5-MW waste heat recovery units commissioned.
    • Contracts for the installation of 94 MW of natural gas-fired generation at the Ermine Switching Station awarded.
    • Natural gas-fired units of 105 MW at Queen Elizabeth Power Station and 141 MW at a location near North Battleford planned.
    • Red Lily Wind Power LP 25-MW power purchase agreement finalized, with commissioning expected in 2011.
    • $125-million major upgrade of Poplar River Power Station Unit #1 concluded.
    • La Ronge corridor 72-kilovolt (kV) line rebuild completed.
    • Pelican Narrows 110-25 kV substation constructed.
  4. Strong environmental stewardship and performance.
    • One of the first and largest fully integrated carbon capture and sequestration demonstration projects in the world announced.
    • Environmental Screening System evaluates environmental impacts and legal requirements for unprecedented number of projects.
    • National environmental stewardship award for Emissions Control Research Facility received from industry peers.
    • Groundbreaking fish and fish habitat protocol agreement established.
    • United Nations sustainability award for SaskPower Shand Greenhouse programming received.
  5. Prudent financial management and growth.
    • Operating income of $92 million and dividends of $46 million.
    • Per cent debt ratio of 60.7%.
    • New Independent Power Producer solicitation process launched.
    • Over $1-billion spent on Saskatchewan goods and services.

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