As part of our annual maintenance program, our crews are inspecting power poles and related equipment across the province. This includes:
- Power poles and the cables that anchor them to the ground
- Crossarms and hardware at the top of poles
Why We’re Doing It
We have over 1.2 million power poles in our province. Regular inspection and maintenance help extend a pole’s lifespan from 30 to 35 years to more than 60 years.
It also saves money. Maintaining a pole costs less than $65, while replacing one costs about $5000.
This work also helps to:
- improve safety for our employees and the public
- support reliable power for communities across the province
Our Work This Year
In 2026, our crews plan to inspect more than 120,000 poles, checking for:
- decay
- damage
- carpenter ant infestation
Crews may also:
- replace poles that can’t be repaired or reinforced
- replace crossarms where needed
- inspect guy wires and anchors, which help keep poles stable
- test the grounding of rural overhead transformers
- install wildfire protection in certain areas
Minimizing the Impact to You
We stay within the right-of-way as much as we can. In some cases, crews may need temporary access to your property. If so, we’ll do our best to minimize disruption.
No power outages will be required to complete this work.
Respecting the Local Environment
What we do today impacts our future, so we plan our work carefully to reduce environmental impacts.
We also work with the Ministry of Environment and other regulatory agencies to ensure we meet all environmental requirements.
Benefits to Local Communities
This work supports reliable power for communities across the province while lowering the long-term cost of power poles. In 2026, the estimated cost of our wood pole inspection and treatment program is $5.5 million.
Keeping You Informed
You may see us inspecting and treating poles in the following areas:
- Moosomin (13,573 poles) – Early July to end August
- Davidson (19,770 poles) – Mid May to early July
- Weyburn (22,594 poles) – Mid May to early July
- Wynyard (22,180 poles) – Early Aug to end Oct
- Unity (17,492 poles) – Early July to early Aug
- Shellbrook (14,559 poles) – Early June to early July
- Rosthern (13,372 poles) – Mid May to early June
You may also see us testing the grounding of rural overhead transformers to ensure they are well connected to the earth in the following areas:
- Strasbourg (651) – Early June to late June
- Shaunavon (2,350) – Mid May to early July
- Saskatoon Rural West (1,893) – Mid May to mid June
- Assiniboia (1,242) – Late June to early Aug
- Lloydminster (1,911) – Late June to mid July
- Melville (1,023) – mid May to early June
To meet your needs, our crews may work outside of these dates. We do our best to lower the impact on customers and agriculture operations.
