Letter of the Day: Homes should have backup electricity

The unofficial policy from SaskPower in the event of more power outages is “make your own.”
That’s because despite this being the 21st century, the only way to find out what’s causing the power outage is the boots on gravel method. Nope, that Crown corporation can’t tell what happened unless someone calls and reports a problem. No computer app to identify that it was at pole A1236 on Range Road 256, at least not yet. So the best way to do it is invest about $2,500 t