Power transmission lines near Pincher Creek, Alta. There's growing interest in nuclear power in Alberta and Saskatchewan as demand for electricity surges.

In Jeremy Harrison’s telling, one of the most crucial decisions in the history of Saskatchewan’s energy sector has already been made: It will build nuclear power plants.

“The government has made the binary decision that we are going to be moving to nuclear baseload power generation,” Mr. Harrison, the province’s Minister of Crown Investments Corporation, declared in an interview.

Saskatchewan, which explored building nuclear plants more than 15 years ago, has only just started. Its Crown power utility, SaskPower, has established a subsidiary called SaskNuclear, and earlier this year the federal government announced a contribution of

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