AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS WARN THAT SASK PARTY POWER HIKES WILL COST FARMS HUNDREDS IN HIGHER POWER BILLS

REGINA - Despite claims from Scott Moe’s incompetent SaskPower Minister that a $136-million hike on Saskatchewan power bills is “modest”, agricultural producers are publicly warning that it will put massive financial strain on farms, many of which are already struggling with rising costs.

As reported by CTV news, the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) District 5 Director Scott Hermus reported that the power bill hike would cost his farm personally $300 a year per year for power.
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“Farms are an essential part of Saskatchewan — our producers feed the world — but all Scott Moe and the Sask. Party do is punish them with devastating new costs,” said Saskatchewan NDP Leader & Agriculture Shadow Minister Carla Beck.
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“Scott Moe said in December in the Legislature that there was no consideration of a power-bill hike — that was clearly a lie. I am demanding today that he step in and block this hike to power bills before it takes effect on Feb. 1.”
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As shown in the Sask. Party submission to the rate review board, farms will pay an additional $7.5 million this year. In 2027, they will be paying $8 million more.
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“There is nothing ‘modest’ about this,” said Aleana Young, SaskPower Shadow Minister. “This cost hike will be the latest blow to family farms already contending with tariffs, drought and a Sask. Party government that is 18 years old and out of ideas to support them and grow our economy. Kill this farm tax.”
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APAS is urging the Sask. Party to be transparent about where the money to SaskPower is going. Responsible Minister Jeremy Harrison hid from a standard committee meeting in December, where he was to be questioned on a $800 million overspend on the Crown.
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“The Premier and his Ministers have forgotten who they were elected to serve — the people of Saskatchewan,” Beck said. “A Saskatchewan NDP Government will cut costs immediately, expose Sask. Party waste and deliver the change people in this province are looking for.”
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