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The electrical power costs for Saskatchewan consumers will be a little less in 2017 than what was anticipated earlier. The multi-year rate application filed by SaskPower has been adjusted and reduced slightly as a result.

The total revenue from Crown land sale for petroleum and natural gas drilling rights in Saskatchewan is up by $5 million compared with the same time frame last year.

Quantum Energy, Inc. has announced the incorporation of a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Dominion Energy Processing Group, which will conduct the development, construction and operation of a proposed refinery near Stoughton.

Approval of the replacement of Enbridge Pipeline’s Line 3 and the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline projects on Nov. 30, was welcome news for the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC).

The net sales (end use) of refined petroleum products in Canada decreased by 0.3 per cent to 92.8 million cubic metres last year. The numbers were crunched by Statistics Canada who issued a report on the end use products in November of this year.

The students in this semester’s entrepreneurship 30 class at the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) hope the community will embrace their business venture.

Promotions, sales and outdoor activities will all be park of the annual Moonlight Madness celebrations on Dec. 8. The 1200-block of Fourth Street will be shut down 6 to 10 p.m.

The provincial government introduced The Pipelines Amendment Act in the legislature on Monday, replacing the Pipelines Act, which had been in place since 1998.

The federal government announced the green light to two pipeline projects on Tuesday, but they have also rejected another. Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project and Enbridge Pipeline’s Line 3 replacement project will go ahead.

SaskEnergy’s board of directors has announced the appointment of Ken From as their new president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective Jan. 1, 2017. From will take over the lead role from Doug Kelln, who announced his retirement this past May.