SaskPower Investing $3.5 million in Melfort-Hudson Bay Area

SaskPower Investing $3.5 million in Melfort-Hudson Bay Area

December 18, 2016

SaskPower continues to make significant investments in the province’s electrical system to keep up with a growing demand for power, meet environmental commitments, and renew and grow our power grid.

The work includes upgrading portions of the power grid in the south area of the province, including Melfort, Hudson Bay, Tisdale, Weldon, Naicam, Pathlow, and surrounding areas.

“SaskPower is facing an ongoing power challenge,” says Tim Eckel, Vice President of Transmission Services. “As the demand for power continues to grow, we not only need to build the grid, but we need to maintain our existing assets, including our power poles, transformers and stations. We’re investing throughout Saskatchewan to make sure homes, farms and businesses have the power they need, when they need it.”

So far in 2016, residential and commercial customers in the area have made 66 new connection or reconstruction requests. This is on top of SaskPower’s $3.5 million regional investment.

Regional work includes relocating and upgrading overhead power lines out of the middle of farmers’ fields, upgrading or replacing electrical devices that help field technicians in troubleshooting and locating problems in our system, upgrading or replacing electrical devices that protect the system’s power lines, and trimming trees near power lines.

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