What You Said About Us

This summer Yukon Energy hired a firm to conduct a series of phone and on-line opinion surveys for us. The purpose of the surveys was to get a sense of what the general Yukon public and local business and community leaders know and believe about the Corporation. The information gathered assisted us in developing a public information campaign aimed at helping Yukoners better understand who Yukon Energy is, what we are working to achieve, and why.

We were impressed with Yukoners’ higher-than-average interest in participating in the research. When asked to answer questions about Yukon Energy, very few people said no. In total, more than 600 people from nine Yukon communities took part in the surveys.

The full results can be found here (Part 1) and here (Part 2).  For those of you who would like the Readers' Digest version, here is a summary:

-Yukoners understand that hydro-generated electricity is the mainstay of power generation in the Yukon, but strongly support the development of alternative energy sources to supplement hydro. You want Yukon Energy to bring forward creative ideas in meeting future energy needs.

-Yukoners strongly support the need for energy conservation as part of the solution to managing the Yukon’s energy supply and you see this as a shared responsibility among the public, the business community and big industry.

-Yukoners have confidence in Yukon Energy’s ability to plan, develop and manage the Yukon’s energy needs but are concerned that political and vested interest groups can be detrimental to effective, strategic, long-term planning.

-Yukoners feel you pay less or the same for energy as your northern counterparts and more than southern Canadians.

-Yukoners want to remain engaged in the discussion around the Yukon’s energy issues and needs and Yukon Energy’s objectives for a clean energy future that fits well with a public desire for cleaner energy alternatives.

We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the survey. While this was the first survey of this kind that Yukon Energy has done, it certainly won't be the last, and we will continue to communicate with stakeholders and the Yukon public about our plans and initiatives as we work to implement the priorities identified in the survey. 

A note of congratulations to Erin Giesbrecht, seen below, who is the winner of an iPad (in awarding this prize we randomly drew Erin's name from all those who filled out the online survey).