SaskPower warns the public to be aware of a telemarketer who has been contacting customers encouraging the purchase of a product to save power.
"We have received calls and emails from customers stating they have been contacted by telephone to purchase a product to cut their power costs," said Garry Tollefson, manager of demand side management programs at SaskPower. "We want customers to be aware that this is not a SaskPower or government promotion."
The caller claims to be a SaskPower or Sask Hydro representative.
There is no organization called Sask Hydro in Saskatchewan and SaskPower does not contact residential customers by phone to promote products or services.
The only exception is when SaskPower representatives call residential customers to do surveys for research purposes.
If you have received calls of this nature, please report it by calling SaskPower at 1-888-757- 6937.
Other options available to customers when they receive these types of calls:
Register with the National Do Not Call List at 1-866-580-3625
Report the call to Phonebusters (the Canadian Anti-fraud Call Centre) at 1-888-495-8501
