SaskEnergy Incorporated is a
Crown corporation
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the government ...
of the
Saskatchewan government which delivers
natural gas
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to 93% of the communities in the province. The company owns 70,000 kilometres of distribution pipelines, 15,000 kilometres of transmission pipelines, and serves over 397,000 customers.
Natural gas gathering, treatment, compression,
storage, and ''intra''provincial transmission is done via their subsidiary
TransGas, and ''inter''provincial natural gas transmission is done via their subsidiary Many Islands Pipelines.
Natural gas distribution and marketing is done by SaskEnergy itself.
History
Although natural gas has been used for cooking for thousands of years, and for lighting for hundreds of years, natural gas home heating did not become popular until the mid-20th century.
In
Western Canada
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, most natural gas networks were created by the existing
electric utilities
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(for example:
Manitoba Hydro
The Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board, operating as Manitoba Hydro, is the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1961, it is a provincial Crown Corporation, governed by the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Boa ...
,
ENMAX
Enmax Corporation (often styled as ENMAX) is a vertically integrated utility that generates and distributes electricity, natural gas, renewable energy, and value-added services to customers in Alberta, Canada.
Overview
Enmax, headquartered in C ...
, and
BC Hydro
The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, operating as BC Hydro, is a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia. It is the main electricity distributor, serving more than 4 million customers in most areas, with the exce ...
). Saskatchewan did the same, and in 1952, the Saskatchewan Power Corporation (now
SaskPower
Saskatchewan Power Corporation, operating as SaskPower, is the principal electric utility in Saskatchewan, Canada. Established in 1929 by the provincial government, it serves more than 538,000 customers and manages over $11.8 billion in assets. S ...
) began operating a natural gas transmission and distribution system in Saskatchewan.
In 1988, the Saskatchewan government split up SaskPower, and created the Saskatchewan Energy Corporation, which took over all of SaskPower’s natural gas assets.
References
External links
SaskEnergy
Energy companies established in 1952
Crown corporations of Saskatchewan
Companies based in Regina, Saskatchewan
Natural gas companies of Canada
Energy in Saskatchewan
1952 establishments in Saskatchewan
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