MOE GOVERNMENT LOCKS SASKATCHEWAN FAMILIES INTO MOST EXPENSIVE, HIGHEST RISK POWER PLAN

Scott Moe, Minister & MLAs Deny Motion Endorsing Carla Beck’s Grid & Growth Plan
REGINA — Scott Moe and the Sask. Party denied Monday a golden opportunity to take Saskatchewan families off the most expensive, highest-risk electricity plan on the table.

The government used its majority in the Legislature to squash a motion introduced by Jobs, Economy, SaskPower Shadow Minister Aleana Young to endorse Carla Beck’s Grid & Growth Plan.

The plan, introduced last week, would deliver lower power bills for families, farms, and businesses while creating $33 billion in economic activity and strengthening energy security. The Saskatchewan NDP believes in focusing on what works: using reliable natural gas to keep the electricity system stable, expanding lower-cost renewables to bring power bills down and keeping nuclear as a future option, without gambling the province’s finances.

“Instead of owning up to their failures, this government is telling people to sit down, buckle up, and hope for the best,” Beck said. “Now is not the time to double down on the same failed, billion-dollar decisions driving this province off a cliff. “There is a better path, and Saskatchewan families deserve a power system they can actually trust.”

Independent modelling for the Grid and Growth Plan examined more than 20 possible paths for Saskatchewan’s electricity system. The Sask. Party’s current approach ranked as the highest-cost, highest-risk option, with up to $35 billion in new debt, power bills that will double and an increased reliance on American imports. That analysis came from Energy Super Modelers and International Analysts (ESMIA), a firm used by the Government of Canada, the Ontario government, and the United Nations.

“SaskPower’s own CEO said it best: the most expensive option isn’t good business,” Young said. “That’s the path this government chose, and families are paying for it through higher bills and higher costs everywhere else.
“We’ve put forward a better option: lower risk, lower costs, and a system people can actually count on.”

The Grid and Growth Plan also brings long-overdue discipline to SaskPower, with independent oversight, transparent decision-making, and clear accountability for major capital spending.

“Earlier this year, Minister Jeremy Harrison said there was no alternative to the Sask. Party’s coal-powered fever dream,” Young said. “Now that there’s a credible solution on the table, he's moving the goalposts again.

“The Sask. Party had their time. I can’t wait to stand with Premier Carla Beck as she implements the Grid and Growth Plan. It’s time for change.”
Learn more at GridandGrowth.ca.

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