Regina, Saskatchewan, Jan 6, 2026, 10:14 CST
- SaskPower rescheduled intermittent, one-hour planned outages to Wednesday, Jan. 7, running 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Weekend outages in southwest Saskatchewan affected about 5,500 customers, the utility said.
- SaskPower also carried out emergency pole repairs near Carmichael and Gull Lake, affecting customers west of Highway 37.
SaskPower has rescheduled a series of intermittent, one-hour planned outages to Wednesday in rural Saskatchewan, with customers north of D’Arcy to areas southwest of Stranraer expecting service interruptions between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The change comes as the provincial utility works through the knock-on effects of weekend outages that affected about 5,500 customers in southwest Saskatchewan. SaskPower media relations consultant Scott McGregor said ice buildup on transmission lines in high winds triggered the disruptions.
SaskPower lists the Jan. 7 work as system maintenance. The outages are described as intermittent — meaning some customers may see power cut for about an hour at a time as crews move through the system.
The planned work follows an emergency shutdown on Sunday, when SaskPower said repairs to damaged power poles would require an outage from noon to 3 p.m. in a rural area southeast of Carmichael and south of Gull Lake, affecting customers west of Highway 37.
McGregor said crews restored most customers “within two or three hours.” Some were without power for “up to six or seven hours,” he said, as wind and ice slowed work in some locations.
SaskPower is Saskatchewan’s main supplier of electricity, serving more than half a million customers across a geographic area of about 652,000 square kilometres, according to the provincial government — a spread that can make storm-driven repairs logistically hard.
But the utility cautions that planned shutdowns can shift, and restoration timelines during unplanned outages can be affected by weather, location and safety constraints for crews working around live equipment.
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