The sale of two gas plants in Saskatchewan has the opposition NDP raising red flags saying the people of the province were never consulted about the sale or even told before the province went ahead with the deal.

NDP officials say the plants in Kisbey and Coleville were told to a Calgary based company for $31 million but were owned by SaskEnergy so the information should have been public. They're comparing the sale to the privatization of the Crown Company.

Crown officials say the plan is to use the sale to pay for future infrastructure upgrades and projects. They are also defending the sale by saying that the plants operate out of their area of expertise, cleaning natural gas after it's been taken out of the ground.