Energy Strategies - Saskatchewan
Ministry of Energy
Ministry of Energy and Resources
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While the previous NDP government had launched an energy strategy in April 2007, seven months before being replaced by the current governing Saskatchewan Party, the Government of Saskatchewan does not have a published energy strategy. According to Floyd Wist, Executive Director of Energy Policy, there are currently no plans for a consolidated energy strategy document. The government’s current policy is to "look at opportunities presented by our resource base and promote development of those resources."
On December 1, 2009, the Government of Saskatchewan introduced climate legislation (64 KB PDF) that required emissions to be reduced by 20 per cent from 2006 levels by 2020. This legislation was also designed to create a “Saskatchewan Technology Fund,” similar to Alberta’s Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund in that it would collect payments from large emitters to invest in low-emission and emission-reducing technologies, and a Climate Change Foundation, intended to promote public awareness of and research into low-carbon technologies.
News releases for the two ministries responsible for the energy and environment portfolios follow.