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SASKATOON LIGHT & POWER TO CONTINUE ‘SMART METER’ PROGRAM

For immediate release: July 29, 2014 - 6:00 pm
TU14-347

For Release: July 30, 2014
 

Saskatoon Light & Power will continue to install smart-meters in its customers’ homes.

Earlier today, the Provincial Government ordered SaskPower to remove all of its smart meters installed as part of its smart meter program after a number of burning incidents involving the SaskPower meters occurred.

“Saskatoon Light & Power (SL&P) uses a different brand of smart meter than the ones SaskPower has been ordered to remove,” says Kevin Hudson, Metering and Sustainable Electricity Manager.

“The City-owned power company has been installing AMI meters (smart meters) supplied by Elster Canadian Meter Company since 2008 and we have not heard any reports of problems with the Elster brand meters.”

Over half of the 60,000 SL&P customers already have one of the Elster brand AMI meters, and Saskatoon Light & Power expects to have all its meters replaced by the end of 2017.

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