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After SaskPower’s sudden suspension of a program allowing customers to sell renewable electricity back into the grid, the City of Saskatoon’s electrical utility continues with its own, similar program.

Saskatoon Light and Power director Trevor Bell said there are no plans to change the city utility’s net metering program, which allows customers using solar or other renewable energy to bank the excess power they generate and then pull from the grid when they generate less.

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SaskPower moved to suspend its net metering program last week — barring new clients from signing on. The decision came after the program drew an unexpectedly high amount of interest, pushing it near a 16-megawatt cap about two years ahead of schedule.

Environment Minister Dustin Duncan has since promised the SaskPower program will be replaced in some form, but no details have been released.

Bell said about 150 households use Saskatoon Light and Power’s net metering program, but uptake has increased at a rate of about 50 per cent per year. The Saskatoon program has no cap.