Saskatchewan sets single-day natural gas use record

A new single-day natural gas use record was set in Saskatchewan last week due to the extreme cold temperatures.

With the thermometer in the -20s and -30s throughout the province, SaskEnergy said it delivered 1.33 petajoules of natural gas to customers on Friday as people turned up the heat to stay warm.

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That broke the old record set in January by three per cent.

A petajoule is unit of measurement equivalent to one million gigajoules. The average home in Saskatchewan uses 105 gigajoules of natural gas yearly.

This is the fourth consecutive winter a natural gas consumption record has been set.

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Officials said seven of the top 10 peak load or near record-setting days have happened within the last two weeks.