Sask Power Information

During our Municipal Infrastructure Conference Sask Power bought lunch the first day. Guy Bruce, the President, gave a presentation on how Sask Power manages their assets. Here are some interesting highlights:

• the demand for power grew 6% in 2013 which is the 2nd highest growth rate in Canada
• a new power consumption record was set in December of 2013
• Sask Power has 308 metres of power line per customer
• this means there is 308 metres of power line for just me :)
• it costs $1 billion per year to renew and expand the power grid
• in 2014 Sask Power will replace 14,000 power poles
• Sask Power has more power poles than Saskatchewan has people
• the population of Saskatchewan is about 1.1 million people
• the number of power poles Sask Power has is 2.5 million