President’s message
“Through a variety of innovative safety programs, SaskEnergy saw provincial line contact numbers drop by 23 per cent…”
SaskEnergy/TransGas celebrated many accomplishments throughout 2014, a year which also saw some significant challenges for our teams across the Province, and the company as a whole. Provincial growth was strong once again in 2014, resulting in 7,332 new distribution customers and a four per cent increase in the volume of gas transported within the Province (a 34 per cent increase since 2009). Within this context of high customer activity levels, SaskEnergy was able to deliver value from a number of planned initiatives while maintaining a strong focus on safe, reliable service to customers amid challenging circumstances. These included one of the coldest winters Saskatchewan has experienced in the past 30 years. The unprecedented demand for natural gas from the onset of the winter heating season required tremendous flexibility from our teams to make the operational adjustments and system enhancements necessary to maintain service to customers. The support provided by industrial customers in the Province was also appreciated. Overall, the increased commitment to third-party transmission capacity to transport additional volumes, together with the higher costs of natural gas purchases in winter, raised capital and operating expenses and adversely affected our 2014 financial metrics.
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