Measures and Standards: Key Indicators
2023-24 Highlights
Looking Ahead
Our Approach to ESG
President’s Message
About SaskEnergy
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Supporting our customers in reducing end-use emissions and energy costs As part of our commitment to environmental responsibility, SaskEnergy assists our customers in reducing their end-use emissions and meeting their environmental goals. Since more than 80 per cent of natural gas-related emissions are created through end-use combustion, a reduction in end-use emissions is an area in which immediate environmental impacts can be made. SaskEnergy’s customer programming supports the installation of high-efficiency equipment, which allows our customers to reduce their energy use and their emissions while also saving money. SaskEnergy also collaborates with organizations such as the Canadian Gas Association (CGA) and the Natural Gas Innovation Fund (NGIF) on emissions reduction initiatives. Leveraging investments in new cost-effective technologies that help customers reduce their emissions and achieve their environmental objectives is a continued focus area. Customer rebate programs SaskEnergy offers a variety of rebate programs for residential and commercial customers to support them in reducing their emissions and lowering their energy costs: · SaskEnergy’s Residential Equipment Replacement Rebate provides rebates for the purchase and installation of qualifying high-efficiency natural gas furnaces, boilers, combi-boilers, heat recovery ventilator systems (HRV), and water heaters. · The Commercial Boiler Rebate helps offset the incremental price of a high-efficiency natural gas condensing boiler over the purchase price of standard-efficiency equipment. · Our Commercial Space & Water Heating Rebate program offers rebates for natural gas furnaces, boilers, tankless and condensing water heaters, and infrared tube heaters in commercial applications. · The Hydronic Additive Rebate for Boilers is for the purchase and installation of eligible hydronic additives for boiler systems, which can increase operational efficiency.
Incremental GHG Savings (tonnes CO ² e/year)
Incremental Savings (GJ/year)
Year
2017-18
38,600
2,400
2018-19
24,300
1,600
2019-20
102,400
6,600
2020-21
128,800
8,300
2021-22
228,400
15,900
2022-23
277,600
19,225
2023-24
266,700
19,200
Over the last seven years, SaskEnergy’s energy efficiency programs have continued to assist our customers in reducing the amount of energy they use, as well as their GHG emissions. Customers who have participated in our energy efficiency programs since 2017-18 are now saving more than 73,000 tonnes CO 2 e emissions per year. This is equivalent to taking 17,000 vehicles off the road. The GHG reductions are a result of high-efficiency gas appliances and include gas use savings as well as emissions reductions from electricity savings.
2023-24 ESG Report
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