SaskEnergy

SaskEnergy Incorporated[2] is a Crown corporation of the Saskatchewan government which delivers natural gas to 93% of the communities in the province. The company owns 70,000 kilometres of distribution pipelines, 15,000 kilometres of transmission pipelines, and serves over 397,000 customers.[3]

SaskEnergy Incorporated
TypeCrown corporation
IndustryNatural Gas Public Utility
Founded1952 as the Gas Division of Saskatchewan Power Corporation
HeadquartersRegina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Key people
Ken From,[1] President and CEO
ProductsDelivery of Natural Gas
RevenueC$541 million (2018-19)
C$166 million (2018-19)
Number of employees
1,100 (2018-19)
Subsidiaries
  • Bayhurst Gas
  • Many Islands Pipelines
  • Sask 1st Call
  • TransGas
WebsiteSaskEnergy

Natural gas gathering, treatment, compression, storage, and intraprovincial transmission is done via their subsidiary TransGas, and interprovincial natural gas transmission is done via their subsidiary Many Islands Pipelines.

Natural gas distribution and marketing is done by SaskEnergy itself.

History

Although natural gas has been used for cooking for thousands of years, and for lighting for hundreds of years, natural gas home heating did not become popular until the mid-20th century.[4]

In Western Canada, most natural gas networks were created by the existing electric utilities (for example: Manitoba Hydro, ENMAX, and BC Hydro). Saskatchewan did the same, and in 1952, the Saskatchewan Power Corporation (now SaskPower) began operating a natural gas transmission and distribution system in Saskatchewan.

In 1988, the Saskatchewan government split up SaskPower, and created the Saskatchewan Energy Corporation, which took over all of SaskPower’s natural gas assets.[3]

References
  1. https://leaderpost.com/business/energy/ken-from-named-new-president-and-ceo-of-saskenergy
  2. "Terms of Use". SaskEnergy.
  3. SaskEnergy (May 23, 2019). "SaskEnergy 2018-19 Annual Report: Keeping Saskatchewan Warm For 30 Years" (PDF). SaskEnergy.com. p. 3. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  4. "A Brief History of Natural Gas - APGA". www.apga.org. Retrieved 2019-10-25.


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