Energy policy from the 2007 "Green Book":

• Implement a carbon tax similar to Quebec's that will represent the true cost of fossil fuel energy. This will encourage our residents and industries to be more efficient today, and will make Saskatchewan a North American leader in sustainable energy consumption. Farm fuel inputs will be exempt from this tax.
• Use the proposed carbon tax revenue to utilize Saskatchewan's vast untapped wealth in renewable resources; developing solar and wind generating capacity to reduce our dependence on coal and avoid nuclear power.
• Invest in new and better transmission lines to service the province and increase access to Manitoba's renewable hydro power generation.
• Expand energy conservation programs to include:
  • The selling of only Energy Star appliances
  • Refundable tax credits increasing to $50,000 for the purchase of R-2000 and other highly efficient homes, base on Energuide or infrared assessment
  • Providing grants for 50% of the cost of solar thermal roofs or walls including solar hot water, as in Sweden
• Promotion of the development of cellulose and waste product Ethanol technology.

Energy Resolutions 1998-2007:

1998.1. Greenhouse gases
1. Resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan support immediate action to reduce and limit the release of greenhouse gases in Saskatchewan.
Resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan support and extensive energy conservation program and the creation and implementation of alternative methods of energy production.

1999.8. Oil
The Green Party of Saskatchewan resolves that the province should fully support the minimal requirements set out by international treaty at Kyoto. We propose:
That the province re-commit itself to developing renewable energy resources. This would include re-funding the wind power demonstration project cancelled by SaskPower, re-funding the Saskatchewan Energy Development and Conservation Authority disbanded by the NDP government, and implementing key recommendations from the 1991 Saskatchewan Energy Options commission in the area of demand side management.
That the province spend money on researching and developing alternatives to the automobile for mass public transport, especially if the Saskatchewan Motor Vehicle Dealers' Association is unable to cut motor vehicle deaths and injuries by 25% by the year 2000.
That the NDP provincial government end its subsidies to the oil industry, especially to oil mega-projects.

1999.9. Natural Gas
The Green Party of Saskatchewan takes the position that the corporate interest in chasing the most lucrative markets should not override all public concerns, especially when it involves a strategic and publicly owned resource like natural gas.
The Green Party of Saskatchewan offers the following policy proposals:
That a special tax or royalty be levied on producers and/or pipeline companies, and the revenues generated be distributed to consumers to offset higher costs.
That the province establish a special task force authorized to work with other provincial and state governments to ensure security, stability and affordability of natural gas supplies.

2002.4. Promoting green energy
BE IT RESOLVED that a Green Party of Saskatchewan government would enact and promote policies that would seriously address the problem of global warming and climate change including conservation measures as well as promote alternative green energy.
As well, in view of the seriousness of this problem and the fact that time is of extreme importance, the Green Party of Saskatchewan act in such away outside of the government to promote activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote alternative green energy.

2002.8. Use of natural gas
BE IT RESOLVED that rather than promoting non-renewable natural gas for heating houses, that the Saskatchewan government spend any future money, allocated for encouraging natural gas usage, on promoting retrofit on existing houses and incentives on new houses to promote passive an/or active solar heating.

2003.3. A green energy plan
BE IT RESOLVED that a Green Party of Saskatchewan Government would develop a Green Energy policy that protects the environment and creates sustainable and meaningful employment. This policy will place primary emphasis on energy conservation and the development of decentralized electrical generation from sources such as wind, solar, biomass, micro-hydro, geothermal and methane.
and furthermore, the Green Party of Saskatchewan supports the implementation of the Kyoto agreement in Canada.

2006.10   Adopt in Principle a Green Energy Plan Statement
Be it resolved that the "Policy Proposal: A Green Energy Program for Saskatchewan" prepared by John Warnock be adopted in principle as a general GPS policy paper.

Platform 2007:

A GPS government, acting for Saskatchewan people, will gain control of our oil and gas reserves, oppose nuclear power, uranium mining and refining, and phase out electrical power from burning coal.

Platform 2003:

A Green Party of Saskatchewan government will develop a Green Energy policy that protects the environment and creates sustainable jobs, with emphasis on energy conservation and the development of wind, solar and other renewable energy sources, and which encourages the establishment of small-scale, equitable power production.

The Green Party of Saskatchewan supports the implementation of the Kyoto agreement in Canada.