Talk:SaskPower/Archives/2013

Recent and historical scandals involving SaskPower
I removed the entire section dealing with "scandals." If you can't keep a NPOV and can't cite things, it doesn't stay. Further, if you have an axe to grind with SaskPower, super. Create a new page and link to it. Vandalizing the main page because you have an axe to grind will only get removed. Caulfield14 19:34, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Do not vandalize
This page is obviously a work in progress. All statements will be cited in due course. Citing historical and current scandals is not vandalism, as the scandals listed are public knowledge, through newspaper reports, court proceedings, and legislative transcripts.

64.110.251.69 04:45, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a political football
It is fine to cite scandals on a topic main page so long as the scandals are cited and written from a NPOV. However, if you're just trying to bury the page with criticism, it should be moved to a new page and linked. In any case, the wording of tha alleged scandals that was posted here was nothing more than vitriolic garbage. These scandals are definitely not "public knowledge," nor does that term even apply here. This is an encyclopedia. Authors should assume that the reader knows nothing about a topic and attempt to explain it in a thorough fashion. Frankly, I'm intrigued that there is some union/worker animosity for SaskPower, and I would very much like to learn more about it, but defacing the SaskPower page with biased statements is not the correct course of action.

A statement such as "Strong-arm tactics used during CQ2 and PA8 transmission line expropriation proceedings," even if true and correctly cited, is not written from a NPOV, and thus needs to be removed. Many of the other statements were equally tilted and potentially libelous. Caulfield14 15:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Somebody with better skills that me needs to go through this article and clean it up. There are three places that talk about it being incorporated in 1949.

What about gas?
The White book says that SaskPower had the sole rights to natural gas transmission in the province, but the article says nothing about this ( and the annual report doesn't talk about gas). What happened? --Wtshymanski 17:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

In 1963 SaskPower was the natural gas retailer in the province. SPC owned some gas fields near Medicine Hat but I am sure these were sold. I believe this division was sold some time in the 70s but I don't know exact date. I was looking for it regarding an article which I am writing on the FP6000 at SPC. Rdmoore6 (talk) 22:52, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:SaskPowerLogo.gif
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Customers vs meter points
I think "meter point" is a pretty bloodless euphemism for "customer". Most "customers" are residential and so have only one meter (maybe two, one at the cottage, one at the house). In http://www.saskenergy.com/About_SaskEnergy/News/news_releases/2008/080818.asp, a SaskPower flack implies they print 600,000 bills each month (gas and electricity) - so 400,000+ customers sounds reasonable. --Wtshymanski (talk) 15:25, 20 September 2008 (UTC)