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SaskPower

Company typeCrown Corporation
Foundation1949
LocationRegina, Saskatchewan, Canada
IndustryElectricity generation, transmission and distribution
Employees2,425
ProductsElectricity
Homepagesaskpower.com

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SaskPower since 1929 has been the principal supplier of electricity in Saskatchewan, Canada, serving more than 451,000 customers and managing $4.5 billion in assets. One of Saskatchewans Top 15 Employers, SaskPower is a major employer in the province with almost 2,500 permanent full-time staff located in 71 communities.

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The skinny: After asking, Colorado finds its moon rock - Tampabay.com Tweet this news
Tampabay.com--1," -SaskPower- spokesman James Parker said. "But obviously this man was in a desperate situation and thought he had to do that. ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:13:24 GMT+00:00
Natural gas-fired power plant to receive Alstom steam tail - Power-Gen Worldwide Tweet this news
Power-Gen Worldwide--All power produced by the plant will be sold under a 20-year power purchase agreement with -SaskPower- for 261 MW of electricity. Construction is expected to ... - Date : Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:17:05 GMT+00:00
PRAIRIES DIGEST - Canada.com Tweet this news
Canada.com--A -SaskPower- spokesperson says the company would charter a helicopter to go up in the air and take a look at the problem. The helicopter went out Friday ... - Date : Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:49:28 GMT+00:00
SaskPower to pay $50 for old fridges - Regina Leader-Post Tweet this news
Regina Leader-Post---SaskPower- Eneraction will pay $50 for your inefficient old refrigerator as part of a pilot program to encourage energy conservation. ... - Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 08:02:09 GMT+00:00
High winds cause outages - Regina Leader-Post Tweet this news
Regina Leader-Post---SaskPower- spokesman James Parker said crews were kept hopping Sunday with numerous outages across Saskatchewan that affected "hundreds, if not thousands" of ... - Date : Tue, 25 May 2010 07:50:46 GMT+00:00
2010-05-27 Hitachi, Saskatchewan government tie up for CCS t... - New Energy Matters (subscription) Tweet this news
New Energy Matters (subscription)---SaskPower-, the province's main electricity supplier, would build the project at its 300MW Shand coal-fired power plant near Estevan. ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 22:43:21 GMT+00:00
Shand Power Station remembers victims of accident 20 years earlier - Lifestyles Publications Tweet this news
Lifestyles Publications---SaskPower's- Shand Power Station paused on Tuesday to remember the victims of an accident that occurred during the plant's construction 20 years ago. ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 00:18:51 GMT+00:00
Outage blamed on farmer - Regina Leader-Post Tweet this news
Regina Leader-Post--A miscalculation by a farmer caused a power outage that affected thousands of -SaskPower- customers in Regina's industrial area, east-end neighbourhoods and ... - Date : Fri, 21 May 2010 07:30:55 GMT+00:00
Celebrating 50 years of the Boundary Dam Power Station - Lifestyles Publications Tweet this news
Lifestyles Publications---SaskPower- invited the community to the Boundary Dam Power Station on May 15 to celebrate a milestone: the power plant's 50th anniversary. ... - Date : Fri, 21 May 2010 10:08:58 GMT+00:00
widespread power outage in Regina - Regina Leader-Post Tweet this news
Regina Leader-Post--REGINA � A miscalculation by a farmer caused a power outage that affected thousands of -SaskPower- customers in Regina's industrial area, ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 23:06:25 GMT+00:00

Name Location Fuel Units net capacity (Date) Capacity (net MW) Link
Boundary Dam Estevan Coal *two 62 MW units (1959)*two 139 MW units (1970)*one 139 MW unit (1973)*one 273 MW unit (1978) 813 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Centennial(SaskPower International) Swift Current Wind Power *83 Vestas V80 1.8 MW (2005) 150 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Charlot River Uranium City Hydroelectric *two 5 MW units (1980) 10 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Coteau Creek Elbow Hydroelectric *three 62 MW units (1958) 186 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Cory Cogeneration(50% Owner) PCS Cory MineSaskatoon Natural Gas *two 85 MW units (2003)*one 90 MW unit (2003) 228 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Cypress Hills Gull Lake Wind Power *nine Vestas V47 660 kW turbines (2002)*seven Vestas V47 660 kW turbines (2003) 11 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/[http://www.saskpower.com/
E.B. Campbell Nipawin Hydroelectric *six 34 MW units (1963/64)*two 42 MW units (1966) 288 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Ermine &
(Under construction)
Kerrobert Natural Gas *two 47 MW units (projected 2010) 94 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Island Falls Sandy Bay Hydroelectric *three units (1929/30)*one unit (1936)*one unit (1938)*one unit (1947)*one unit (1959) 101 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Landis Landis Natural Gas *one 79 MW unit (1975, refurb. 1999) 79 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Meadow Lake Meadow Lake Natural Gas *one 44 MW unit (1984) 44 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
MRM Cogeneration(30% Owner) Fort McMurray, AB Natural Gas *two 85 MW unit (2003) 170 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Nipawin Nipawin Hydroelectric *one 85 MW units (1985)*two 85 MW units (1986) 255 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Poplar River Coronach Coal *one 281 MW unit (1981)*one 281 MW unit (1983) 562 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Shand Estevan Coal *one 279 net MW unit (1992) 279 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Success Swift Current Natural Gas *three 10 MW unit (1967/8) 30 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
SunBridge(Suncor & Enbridge) Gull Lake Wind Power *17 Vestas V47-660 turbines (2002) 11 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Queen Elizabeth Saskatoon Natural Gas *one 60 MW unit (1959)*one 63 MW unit (1959)*one 95 MW unit (1971)*six 25 MW units (2002)*three 35 MW units (2010) 410 MW generating capacity, 473 MW total [http://www.saskpower.com/
Waterloo Uranium City Hydroelectric *one 8 MW unit (1961) 8 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/
Wellington Uranium City Hydroelectric *one 2.4 MW unit (1939)*one 2.4 MW unit (1959) 4.8 MW [http://www.saskpower.com/



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