EFFICIENCY
Environmental Efficiencies As part of continuing efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its operations, SaskEnergy achieved a number of efficiencies during 2016-17. Through the ongoing modernization of its compressor fleet, the Corporation exceeded its 2016-17 target for compressor emissions reductions by nearly 20 per cent. In addition, repairs completed as part of the annual compressor station leak detection and repair program will save SaskEnergy approximately $159,000, or nearly 44 terajoules (TJ), of lost gas per year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 18,000 tonnes CO 2 e per year. SaskEnergy also leveraged its contractor safety orientation to include content related to environmental management and protection for contractors, thereby reducing redundancy, administrative oversight and reporting, and roll-out costs.
Productivity and Efficiency Initiatives In 2016-17, SaskEnergy realized approximately $4 million in efficiency savings and process improvements through collaboration efforts with other Saskatchewan Crown corporations, business process changes, leveraging technology solutions and the expanded use of mobile compression. Revenue initiatives such as the utilization of spare transport capacity to undertake gas marketing transactions and export excess natural gas at a margin also contributed to the total efficiency result. The continued deployment of AMI, in conjunction with SaskPower, generated significant savings through reduced manual meter reading costs and billing efficiencies resulting from billing customers on actual consumption rather than estimates. Further efficiencies related to strategic capital deployment have also been identified for 2017-18.
Expansion of Mobile Compression In 2016-17, TransGas added four more mobile compressors to its fleet, as well as one docking station at Moosomin, bringing the system total to 17 mobile units and 20 docking stations. Mobile compressors give TransGas the flexibility to move compression to where it is required, whether it’s for temporary power requirements while a stationary unit is under repair, when a stationary unit has reached the end of its useful life, or for seasonal tasks such as storage field injection. As modern, low-emission units that combine flexibility of operation with reduced maintenance requirements, mobile compressors allow TransGas to quickly respond to requests from industrial clients without large capital investments.
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2016-17 ANNUAL REPORT SASKENERGY
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