Lowest SaskEnergy Commodity Rates in 20 Years Approved by Government; Savings Eliminated by Federal Carbon Tax
The Government of Saskatchewan has approved changes recommended by the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel to SaskEnergy’s Commodity and Delivery Service Rates. SaskEnergy’s Commodity Rate will be lowered from $3.65/Gigajoule(GJ) to $2.575/GJ, the lowest rate in 20 years, and the Delivery Service Rate will increase by 3.4 per cent to provide additional funding for safety and infrastructure investments. On April 1, 2019, customers will see these changes to their bills, which would have provided estimated annual savings of $90 per average residential customer. However, starting April 1, 2019...