This Year’s Business Plan | Tuesday, January 26, 2010

For those of you who are interested, Yukon Energy's 2010 Business Plan is now available on-line. It can be found here.

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This Week’s Expected Power Usage | Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Each week during the winter months, Yukon Energy provides a chart that outlines what we think will be the electrical usage for that particular week in the Southern and Central Yukon. Here is this week's chart.

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Marsh Lake Public Meeting | Wednesday, January 20, 2010

If you are a property owner in the Marsh Lake area, you may be interested in attending a public meeting being hosted by Yukon Energy on Thursday Jan. 28th at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place in the gym at the Marsh Lake Community Centre.

We are coming to re-visit with you the idea of holding back water in Marsh Lake longer in the fall in non-flood years. Some of you know that Yukon Energy had previously agreed to remove this idea from our 20-year Resource Plan. However our regulator, the Yukon Utilities Board asked us to give it further consideration.
 
We also want to discuss with you a concept we have to put some type of a control structure on the Atlin River, to retain water in the Atlin Lake in the fall for release in the winter.
 
No decisions have been made in either case about whether to move forward with these concepts. Your input at the public meeting on January 28th will help us determine how to proceed.
 
We hope to see you at the meeting.

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This Week’s Expected Energy Usage | Wednesday, January 20, 2010

As regular readers of this blog know, each week in the winter Yukon Energy posts a chart on our web site that shows the expected energy usage in the Southern Yukon for that particular week. This week's chart can be found here. Please let us know if you have any questions about the chart once you've had a chance to look at it.

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This Week’s Expected Energy Use | Monday, January 11, 2010

As a public service, Yukon Energy provides a chart each week during the winter in which we indicate how much power we think Yukoners will use over the next seven days. You can find this week's chart, and further explanation about how it can be used, on this page of our web site.

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Have Your Say Regarding Mayo B | Friday, January 8, 2010

As the Yukon’s largest provider of renewable energy, Yukon Energy’s mandate is to ensure we provide Yukoners with a secure supply of clean, and preferably renewable energy. This challenge is made more difficult by the fact that the Yukon is not connected to other transmission grids like British Columbia, Alberta or Alaska, so we must find ways to be self-sufficient in our ability to supply electricity to customers.

Demand for energy is growing and we are looking at all possible sources fo clean energy so as to keep to a minimum the need to burn diesel to generate electricity. Mayo B is one of the potential projects we're pursuing. If approved, it will come into service at just the time new hydro is needed to reduce the need for costly diesel.

There have been numerous chances for members of the public to give input on the Mayo B proposal, both through public meetings and through the environmental assessment process. There is another chance coming up shortly, when the Yukon Utilities Board reviews the proposal. The Board has just received our application, which you can find on our web site. More information about Mayo B is available here. 

Watch this blog and local media outlets for information about upcoming public hearings, and about how you can voice your views about the potential project.

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