SaskPower says it has successfully installed about 8,800 smart meters on volunteers’ homes throughout Saskatchewan. It’s part of the residential smart meter pilot project. A total of 20,000 smart meters will be installed during the pilot, however continued global microchip supply issues have resulted in meters arriving at a slower-than-expected pace. Because of this, SaskPower will extend the pilot until the end of 2021.

SaskPower says the benefits of smart meters are: No more estimates. There is more control and access enabling you to get more information about your power use and have a better idea of how to reduce it. And, shorter outages; in the future, when a power outage occurs, smart meters will help pinpoint the source of the issue immediately, getting the power back up-and-running faster.