SaskEnergy ties all-time natural gas usage record
Daily natural gas consumption in the province over the last 24 hours (9:00 a.m. Thursday to 9:00 a.m. today) has tied the previous record set in December 2016 of 1.33 PetaJoules (PJ) of natural gas. This is the fourth consecutive winter in a row that a new record has been established, and eight of the top 10 peak load or near record-setting days for SaskEnergy have occurred this winter. SaskEnergy set the previous 24-hour record on Friday, December 16th, 2016 due to the extreme cold temperatures, along with high natural gas consumption from industrial customers and power plants. The 1.33 PJ...