Tue Aug 22, 2023 – 2:28 pm EDT
REGINA, Saskatchewan (LifeSiteNews) — Saskatchewan’s electricity provider has said that the Trudeau government’s proposed “clean electricity” regulation target “isn’t feasible.”
During an August 18 interview with Pipeline Online, SaskPower spokesperson Scott McGregor revealed that the province cannot implement the Clean Electricity Regulations proposed by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which aim to ban natural resources such as coal, oil and gas for power generation by 2035.
“SaskPower is working as fast as it can to decarbonize the power grid while also providing reliable, sustainable, and cost-effective power,” McGregor said.
“We’re committed to achieving a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions power system and we’re on track to do so by 2050 or earlier,” he added. “We’re also on track to reduce GHG emissions by 50 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. However, reaching net zero by 2035 isn’t feasible technically, logistically, or financially.”
McGregor said that SaskPower plans to use the 75-day consultation period set out by the regulations to explain to the federal government that their proposal is impossible for the province.
“As stated in the previous note, the CER would require SaskPower to effectively
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