SaskEnergy Reduces Natural Gas Service to 9 Homes Near Lakes

After the natural gas service was closed at 231 properties last year due to land changes, nine more were added to this list on Tuesday.

SaskEnergy announced that it will no longer serve South Lake, located on Buffalo Pound Lake, and two at Shore Acres at Last Mountain Lake due to security concerns. Owners were told that they had until the end of September to find another source of energy.

"We were monitoring the valley throughout the winter and we observed additional movements in a very small section of Shore Acres," David Burdeniuk, director of media relations for SaskEnergy,

Shore Acres been one of six communities that stopped serving the properties last year.

A natural gas facility at Deer Valley will be deactivated

M. Burdeniuk said that initially, it was not planned to disconnect other properties in the communities, but that other trips were occurring during the winter.

He said that there were always changes of terrain. place, but it is usually very progressive and most cause a small leak at the connector, often located in an alley or in the street before.

"This may lead to greater security As we found in 2015 during the incident occurred in Regina Beach."

A community cottage has exploded due a natural gas leak three years ago

2015-14 SaskEnergy recorded several foot movements in some areas

The most common alternative natural gas heating sources are propane and gasoline.

Burdeniuk says that new furnaces can easily be converted to propane, the unit needs to be installed, the cost of gas and propane is higher than that of natural gas

To help offset costs, affected customers will receive a fuel transition allowance of $ 2,500.

SaskEnergy will be able to reroute a pipeline away from the point of travel, allowing service to continue for 120 properties. The works of constr Pipeline operations are planned for this fall.