Ep. 2 Jeremy Harrison on Coal (Audio)

Saskatchewan Minister of Crown Investments Corp and SaskPower Jeremy Harrison joined hosts Brian Zinchuk and Bronwyn Eyre on Jan. 24 to discuss the future of power generation in this province. In mid-January Harrison visited Coronach and Estevan and told about 1,000 coal workers that instead of shutting down our coal-fired power generation fleet by 2030, according to federal regulations, instead a serious look would be taken at rejuvenating that coal fleet and operating it for decades to come. If carried out, this will be one of the most consequential policy decisions made by the provincial government in decades. It will have local, provincial, national and international consequences. The discussion goes deep into why the provincial government is looking at something that was considered all-but-dead until this announcement.