Saskatchewan NDP Developing ‘Grid & Growth Plan’ to Power Saskatchewan’s Energy Future

Saskatoon - Today, while attending the Canadian Nuclear Association West conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan NDP SaskPower, Jobs & Economy Shadow Minister Aleana Young announced that the Saskatchewan NDP will release a plan for Saskatchewan’s energy future this year.

“There is so much potential in every corner of this province to grow the economy and create good jobs in power generation and in the nuclear sector,” Young said. “We should be capitalizing on all of those opportunities in the nuclear sector — from rock to reactor.”

The Saskatchewan NDP’s Grid & Growth Plan will lay out an alternative to the Sask. Party’s so-called plan to spend nearly $1 billion on SaskPower’s coal plants — a plan that, to date, has no funding, no timeline and zero evidence that it can be undertaken effectively and with good value for taxpayers in mind.

Young said the Grid and Growth Plan, on the other hand, will lay out a solution that evaluates a mix of energy alternatives, including renewables, nuclear, and natural gas generation. The NDP will also explore and evaluate the business case for large-scale nuclear generation.

In August, the Saskatchewan NDP called on the Sask. Party to develop a plan to realize the full potential of the nuclear sector in Saskatchewan, with a focus on building out Saskatchewan’s nuclear supply chain and training the labour force. The Sask. Party has failed to deliver on this front and has presided over dozens of layoffs at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, a school that will play a critical role in building the province’s energy future.

“It’s been 18 years of failure, of empty and broken promises — under Premier Scott Moe Saskatchewan has the second-worst job creation record in all of Canada,” Young said. “It’s time for a plan for Saskatchewan’s future.

“SaskPower and our power grid are the foundation of everything — from farms to factories to family budgets. If we don’t control our energy future, we don’t control our economic future.”

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