Objective: Meet Saskatchewan's energy needs for the next five years
Reducing demand
- Increase awareness of how to manage power demand
- Increase awareness of Net Metering Program
Increasing and maintaining supply
- Partner with a natural gas power provider to build a 261 MW natural gas power station (construction begins 2013)
- Focus on natural gas power generation projects
- Enter into agreements with out-of-province power providers for peak-load energy 'importing'
- Retrofit an existing coal-fired power plant with demonstration Carbon Capture technology
- Evaluate renewable fuel sources and emissions-reduction technology
- Build a world-class Carbon Capture testing facility
- Increase awareness of Small Power Producers Program
- Acquire up to 175 MW of wind power from large-sized power producers
- Increase efficiency of electricity use through smart grid development
Transmission and distribution
- Develop system enhancements that will ensure the integrity of generated power being transmitted over long distances
- Increase the transmission capacity between SaskPower and other power generation utilities
- Improve reliability, security and efficiency of the electrical grid through smart grid development
See all the current generation projects underway that are part of the Action Plan.
