Yukon Energy’s primary responsibility is to provide safe, reliable and affordable electricity to Yukoners. However as a Yukon business we also have a role to play in helping to build and maintain healthy, vibrant communities.
That’s why, last year alone, we gave more than $75-thousand to over 45 non-profit groups based in the Yukon.
Any organization seeking sponsorship must prepare a request for funding and submit it to Yukon Energy’s Corporate Contributions Committee. In order be eligible for money, the group must be registered as a non-profit organization in the territory.
Since there are always more requests than there is money, the applications are weighed against certain criteria:
· Does it align with Yukon Energy’s values and mandate?
· Will the event or project benefit the community at large?
· Will it benefit youth and/or the underprivileged?
· Is the event or project in one of our service areas?
· How will Yukon Energy be publicly recognized for our contribution?
For more information visit the Sponsorship section of our web site.
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Over the next several weeks, there will be few if any blog postings on this web site. The person who maintains this site will be away from the office. Should you have any questions for Yukon Energy, please phone (867) 393-5300 and you will be directed to the most appropriate person, or you can email shelley.dixon@yec.yk.ca.
We thank you for taking the time to read our blog and hope you will return in late May when Yukon Energy will resume regular blogging.
If you live in the Southern or Central Yukon, you may have noticed some of your clocks losing time over the past several days. The cause stems from a malfunctioning control clock we use here at Yukon Energy to help us regulate the amount of power we generate.
We synchronize the time on a sophisticated electric wall clock with a dead-accurate satellite signal as a means of ensuring the correct amount of power is being generated at any given time. When the time on our electric clock drifts more than 10 seconds in either direction, our operations know there is either more power being generated than is needed, or there isn’t enough power being produced. Either way, the operator will adjust the amount of power production to bring the electric clock back in line with satellite (GPS) time.
In this particular case, our control centre’s wall clock was running faster than the satellite clock, so staff reduced generation as per normal practice. What we didn’t know was that there was a problem with the electric clock. When generation was reduced, that caused all AC clocks (clocks plugged into the wall) to lose time.
The change happened quite gradually so it took a few days before we knew there was an issue with our wall clock.
The clock we use is a sophisticated piece of equipment. This is the first time it has failed since we started using it in 1998. We have ordered another clock and we hope to have it installed within a couple of weeks. In the meantime we are relying on an older clock to regulate power production. The clock that malfunctioned will be repaired and will run in parallel with the new one as a back-up system, hopefully ensuring we don't have this issue again.
We invite you to read our latest newsletter to get the most up-to-date information regarding our Mayo B and Carmacks-Stewart transmission line projects.
Also, a reminder that the Yukon Utilities Board will hold public hearings on Mayo B starting this coming Tuesday (April 6th) at 9 a.m. at the Yukon Inn in Whitehorse.
