12/07/2025
Saskatoon City Council has voted to reduce the compensation rate for Saskatoon Light & Power customers who produce solar power and send their extra electricity back to the grid. This might help with budget pressures, but it creates real challenges for renewable energy in our city.
For years, fair value on exported solar power has helped residents, businesses, and community groups invest in clean energy. When that value goes down, exporting power becomes less practical, and future projects will need to rely more on using the energy themselves instead of sharing it with the wider community. It doesn’t stop solar from happening, but it does make it harder for new community-led projects to grow.
As our friends at Rock Paper Sun mentioned in the article, Saskatoon once had one of the strongest programs in the country. Changing the compensation rate now slows the momentum at a time when many people are trying to move toward cleaner energy. It’s a reminder that policy decisions (even small ones) have a big influence on how quickly our community can make progress.
If you want to understand what this means for future renewable projects in Saskatoon, the article does a great job explaining the change and why it matters. Read it here: sessolarcoop.ca/links
