Saskatchewan’s government is poised to spend an extra $1 billion this year, a move that would sink the province’s finances deeper into the red.

A committee meeting Tuesday night heard an additional expense of $813 million is required for SaskPower , the province’s electrical utility.

It also heard an extra $194 million is needed to pay for carbon price fuel charges the province didn’t collect.

Opposition NDP members at the meeting accused Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government of ducking accountability. Crown Investments Minister Jeremy Harrison and his officials did not appear at the committee to take questions.

“We all have duties and obligations as members … this hasn’t been a great show of respect here tonight,” Aleana Young, the NDP’s SaskPower critic, said at the mee

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