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Saskatoon / 650 CKOM Mar 11, 2021 11:15 AM The City of Saskatoon launched a pilot project with four electric vehicles on March 11, 2021. (City of Saskatoon) The City of Saskatoon is putting four electric vehicles on the road, supporting its Low Emissions Community Plan (LEC). The four vehicles also complement Saskatoon Transit’s electric bus pilot, which launched last summer. The cost of the electric vehicle pilot project stands at around $200,000. “They do not require fuel, they do not require oil changes, spark plugs, transmission servicing … so savings from less maintenance and not needing fuel are expected to help balance the current disparity in outcome costs between conventional (vehicles) and electric vehicles,” Goran Saric, the city’s director of roadways, fleet and support, said during a media conference Thursday. ....
SASKATOON Saskatoon Light & Power (SL&P), the city-owned utility, is out more than $100,000 after the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) pulled the plug on a partnership to deliver a combined heat power plant at St. Paul’s Hospital. A report heading to city council Monday afternoon details the SHA’s decision to terminate the project, which would have produced electricity for SL&P and thermal energy that would have been used by the hospital’s heating system. Combined heat and power plants use natural gas to produce both electricity and heat at the same time, with fewer greenhouse gas emissions than producing each separately, according to the report. ....