SASKPOWER DEFICIT GROWS — AGAIN — AS FAMILIES, FARMS AND SMALL BUSINESSES PAY FOR GENERATIONS FOR SCOTT MOE DISASTER

Rate Review Process Ends Tomorrow As Moe, Minister Try To Slip Another $40 Million Past Saskatchewan People
REGINA – In what a becoming a near-daily run of errors, failures and complete arrogance and ignorance to Saskatchewan voters, Scott Moe and his incompetent Minister have again reported a bigger deficit number at SaskPower.

On Wednesday, a new 118-page document was released that now reports SaskPower’s deficit as being $40 million higher than the Sask. Party has admitted previously. The document was filed just two days before a formal review into a $136-milliion power rate hike is to be completed by the independent Rate Review Panel.

“We’re dealing with a Premier, a Minister and an entire government that will do everything in their power to lie, cheat and withhold information from the people of Saskatchewan,” said Aleana Young, Shadow Minister for Jobs, Economy, SaskPower. “First, the figure for their catastrophic plan to refurbish coal plants was $900 million, then $2.6 billion, and now it’s a staggering $26 billion — and their own officials warn power rates for families, farms and small businesses will double.”

“On top of that, they haven’t been upfront with the existing mess at SaskPower. The deficit has grown over and over and the Premier and his Minister have cowardly ducked accountability at every turn.

“It’s long past time for that Minister to be fired. Will Scott Moe step up and show leadership — for once — and sack him today?”

Earlier this week, Young wrote to the Rate Review Panel to request that its entire public consultation be scrapped and restarted in light of two separate internal documents leaked to Carla Beck’s team showing that the cost of the coal plan was $26 billion, ten-fold higher than committed by the Sask. Party. The second briefing note detailed warnings about the doubling of power rates, cancellation of critically needed renewables projects and described the catastrophic plan as being “extreme” several times.

"Scott Moe, and Jeremy Harrison have abused this process to ram through two power rate hikes while denying the panel the transparent information they need,” Young said. “I want the Premier and the Minister to hear this — we will not let up.

“We will use every tool at our disposal to put a stop to this catastrophe. We will not sit by while Scott Moe drowns us in debt now and for generations to come.”

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