SaskPower selected Northland Power to provide 261MW of power to the provincial electrical grid in 2013. The gas-fired facility will provide baseload generation for the province.
Northland Power was awarded the contract following a competitive bidding process, initiated by SaskPower in the fall of 2008, to procure between 200MW and 400MW of new intermediate to baseload generation.
Gary Wilkinson, vice president of planning, environment and regulatory affairs at SaskPower, said: “In Saskatchewan, we continue to see growing demand for power. Our top priority at SaskPower is to ensure that the province’s residents and businesses have a reliable and sustainable supply of electricity for years to come. This project will help us meet that need.”
In September 2009, Northland Power was chosen to provide 86MW of peaking generation for SaskPower, beginning in December 2011.
