Page 3 - SaskPower Great Plains Power Station

askPower’s latest project—the Great Plains Power

Station—which will provide reliable power to about
S360,000 homes in Saskatchewan upon completion

in 2024, is already providing power to the province’s economy,

providing opportunities for local companies and creating up to
500 jobs.

As of March, 2022, work is continuing on the Great Plains Power
Station, southeast of Moose Jaw in conjunction with provincial,

municipal, and Indigenous governments. Situated in Moose

Jaw’s Agri-Food Industrial Park, the station will provide 360
megawatts of power through natural gas power generation.

Incredibly, this is the addition to the provincial power grid for
enough power for another city the size of Saskatoon.

REDUCING GHG EMISSIONS

SaskPower has located the Great Plains Power Station in a
(Photo Credit – SaskPower) and supporting the integration of renewables into the grid.
central position in its strategy for supplying affordable power

Natural gas generation is currently Saskatchewan’s single
largest source of power, accounting for 2,160 MW of the

province’s total available capacity of 5,010 MW. At 360 MW,

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