There are two utilities in the Yukon that are regulated by the Yukon Utilities Board:
Yukon Energy Corporation
Established in 1987, Yukon Energy is a publicly-owned electrical utility that operates as a business, at arms length from the Yukon government. It is the main generator and transmitter of electrical energy in the Yukon and they work with its parent company, Yukon Development Corporation to provide Yukoners with a sufficient supply of safe, reliable electricity and related energy services.
There are almost 15,000 electricity consumers in the territory. Yukon Energy directly serves about 1,700 of these customers, most of whom live in and around Dawson City, Mayo and Faro. Indirectly, it provides power to many other Yukon communities (including Whitehorse, Carcross, Carmacks, Haines Junction, Ross River and Teslin) through the Yukon Electrical Company Limited, which buys wholesale power from Yukon Energy Corporation and sells it to retail customers in the territory.
Yukon Energy Corporation has the capacity to generate 116 megawatts of power – 75 megawatts of that are provided by its hydro facilities in Whitehorse, Mayo and Aishihik Lake (40 megawatts at Whitehorse, 30 megawatts at Aishihik and 5 megawatts at Mayo), 39 megawatts by diesel generators (which are currently only used as back-up) and 0.8 megawatts by two wind turbines located on Haeckel Hill near Whitehorse.
Yukon Energy Corporation is regulated by the Business Corporations Act, the Public Utilities Act and the Yukon Water Act. Its headquarters are located near the Whitehorse Rapids hydro plant in Whitehorse, with community offices in Mayo, Faro and Dawson City.
For further information, please refer to additional information on Yukon Energy Corporation’s Web site at yukonenergy.ca.
ATCO Electric Yukon
ATCO Electric Yukon has been providing electrical service to Yukoners for over 120 years. Chartered in 1901, the pioneer company began generating electricity for the residents of Whitehorse using a wood-fired, horizontal piston steam engine. Since then, ATCO Electric Yukon has grown to serve 19,000 customers in 19 communities from south of the Yukon border to north of the Arctic Circle. A private, investor-owned utility, ATCO Electric Yukon is a member of the ATCO Group of Companies. Its head office and service centre is in Whitehorse.
ATCO Electric Yukon purchases power from Yukon Energy Corporation, a crown corporation of the Yukon government, for distribution to its customers in Whitehorse, Marsh Lake, Tagish, Teslin, Haines Junction, Carmacks, Pelly Crossing, Stewart Crossing, Carcross, Keno, and Ross River. It maintains back-up generating plants in Carmacks, Teslin, Haines Junction, Pelly Crossing, Stewart Crossing and Ross River in the event of a power interruption. The company generates and distributes its own power in Old Crow, Beaver Creek, Destruction Bay, Upper Liard, Lower Post, Burwash, Watson Lake, and Swift River. ATCO Electric Yukon has customer service offices in Whitehorse and Watson Lake and plant operators in nine communities,. ATCO Electric Yukon also owns and operates the Fish Lake Hydro plant on the outskirts of Whitehorse. Built in 1950, the Fish Lake plant remains a steady contributor of power to customers in Whitehorse.
For further information, please refer to the ATCO Electric Yukon web site at atcoelectricyukon.com.