The provincial government has approved the changes recommended by the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel to deliver the lowest commodity prices to consumers in 20 years for SaskEnergy.

The price will be lowered to $2.575 per gigajoule from $3.65 per gigajoule, with the delivery service rate increased by 3.4 percent to provide additional funding for safety and infrastructure investments. Those changes will take effect on April 1 and would have resulted in a $90 savings per average residential customer.

But that date, the province is also required to collect the carbon tax on behalf of the federal government, which will add $109 annually to bills, and a further $54 per year for the next three years.

The federal government has indicated individuals can claim tax-free climate action incentive payments starting in early 2019 on their 2018 taxes that will provide around $600 annually to a family of four.

It’s calculated as $305 for an individual adult or the first adult in a couple, and $152 for the second adult. Single parents will receive this for their first child.

Then, there is $76 for each child in the family.