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News, Community Involvement
Dec 05, 2011  1

Like Us; Spread Some Cheer

Point #1: While Yukon Energy's primary job is to keep the lights on, we also feel a responsibility to help Yukon communities be as strong and healthy as possible. That's why, each year, we give some of our profits to local organizations. Point #2: We are sincere in our wish to maintain a two-way conversation with you about Yukon’s energy future. One way of keeping the conversation going is through our Facebook page. With these two things in mind, we are trying something a bit different this Christmas. Between now and New Year's Eve, for every person who 'Likes' us on Facebook, we will donate $1.00 to the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter in Whitehorse, up to a maximum of $5,000. The shelter's needs are great right now. They are overflowing to the point where during the last week of October and the month of November, they had to ship 33 puppies and adult dogs to the Victoria SPCA. Sponsorship dollars would allow them to add kennels to the shelter so they can keep Yukon animals in Yukon. They also want to offer spaying and neutering clinics in the communities, and expand their services to establish a facility outside of Whitehorse city limits where they can accept abandoned and/or neglected livestock. So please take a few moments to "Like" our Facebook page. You'll be sending a little Christmas cheer to the animals and you'll ensure that you can play a part in planning a clean energy future for our territory.  

Community Involvement
Dec 08, 2011  2

Feeding the Hungry

Kuddos to CBC Yukon's Dave White for a great show yesterday. The program, broadcast live from the Whitehorse Food Bank, highlighted the issue of poverty in the territory. The food bank now helps about 1,100 people every month! Yukon Energy is a regular supporter of the food bank. But before we tell you more about that, we want to recount an incident that happened outside the facility during yesterday's radio broadcast. One of our staff had just left the building after doing an interview with Dave White. She was stopped on her way to her car by a woman who timidly asked for 50 cents to buy a cup of coffee. The employee said she was happy to give her the money, but that there was all kinds of free coffee inside the food bank, along with cookies, crackers and cheese, and other goodies. "You mean the food bank is still open?!" the woman asked. The look of joy and relief that appeared across her face said it all. She practically ran the rest of the way to the building. It's because of stories like this that Yukon Energy is happy to give some of our profits to the food bank. Since the agency was established a few years ago we've donated a van and have made annual cash contributions; we just recently gave a donation of $10,000. But it's not just the Corporation itself that has helped out. Individual staff members have been very generous. It was employees who filled the donated van full of food, and it's staff members who each year collect non-perishable food and other goods for the food bank. We'd like to thank our staff for their generosity, but also recognize the great work done by the food bank staff and volunteers. Let's all work towards the day when we will no longer need such a facility in the territory. Visit the food bank's website to find out how you can make a donation. Photos: Yukon Energy's Janet Patterson and Shelley Dixon stock shelves at the food bank; Yukon Energy staff with a van full of donated goods for the food bank. Credit: www.archbould.com.

Power Outage Updates
Jan 04, 2012  Comment

Update on the Outage at Keno

It has been a difficult few days for people in Elsa and Keno. They have had a lengthy outage earlier this week, and a shorter one this morning. While the power is back on, we understand their frustration, and we want to apologize to them for these outages. Here is some information to help you understand what has happened over the last few days. Be aware that Yukon Energy transmits the power to Elsa and Keno, and Yukon Electrical Company Ltd. distributes it to customers there (apart from the Alexco mine, which is Yukon Energy's customer). Both utilities have worked closely together to get power restored. Yukon Electrical Company brought in a stand-by diesel generator to Keno, but when it didn't function as it should have, Yukon Energy was able to offer one of our own back-up generators. We used it this morning to get the lights back on in Keno. In terms of the transmission line, we believe the problem was caused by heavy snow; there have been snow storms in the area over the last several days. We flew the line yesterday and couldn't find anything else that could have been the culprit. We are flying the line again today, this time using fault detectors to help us troubleshoot. They are devices that can be hung on sections of the line and will flash when there is a fault. They help us pinpoint a problem. Again, we want to apologize to residents and businesses that have been affected by these outages and to assure you we are working as diligently as we can to get the transmission system restored to proper working order.