Concerns flagged over SaskPower’s maintenance, data records
According to the provincial auditor’s latest report, SaskPower is taking care of its most significant above-ground distribution infrastructure but needs to improve the way it maintains the rest of it.
Judy Ferguson’s report states that inspections and maintenance are completed as expected on more than one million wood poles in SaskPower’s grid. Further, that the work is monitored and maintenance is linked to replacement.
However, the report noted SaskPower did not maintain other above-ground assets as often as planned and did not have up-to-date information on the condition for all of them.
Ferguson listed overhead switches and voltage regulators as some of the assets, which are key to providing reliable power to more than 500,000 customers.