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Meeting the Growing Demand By Anna Guy

140 million in local contracts; power

For Power in Saskatchewan for 350,000 homes in Saskatchewan;
and supporting renewable energy and

$producing less greenhouse gas emissions—

SaskPower’s latest capital project, the Chinook Power
Station, will help lead the province toward their 2030

carbon emissions targets.

After three years of construction, SaskPower’s

Chinook Power Station came online at the end of
2019 to serve Saskatchewan’s growing population’s

need for more power.

Joel Cherry, spokesperson for SaskPower tells

Business Elite Canada that SaskPower is committed
to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 40

per cent by 2030. “One way that we're doing that by

adding more renewable generation to our system
such as wind and solar, with baseload power to back

that up. The Chinook Power Station is important

because it's going to add a significant amount of
baseload power (350 MW) to our power grid.”

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Exemplary pre-planning and risk contingency plans
meant the $605-million power plant project came in

$75 million under budget, something Cherry credits
to project management and strong collaboration with

procurement partner Burns & McDonnell.

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