Nuclear power will be coming to Saskatchewan since there are few other options to meet future electricity demands, says Premier Scott Moe.
Moe made the comments during a panel discussion at the Midwest Legislative Conference held in Saskatoon from July 27 to 30. The conference hosted lawmakers from four Canadian provinces and 11 American states for meetings to advance collaboration on trade, infrastructure, and energy security.
Moe told a crowd of legislators at the conference that the province was looking to nuclear power as other options such as coal were being phased out.
“It very much is one of the only choices we have moving forward as we shift from other forms of electricity like coal and such to nuclear in the future … and how we’re going to provide that reliable, affordable power for decades into the future,” Moe said on July 29….