Starting December 1, 2024, ATCO Electric Yukon and Yukon Energy are simplifying the format of customer electricity bills to make them easier to understand. The Base Rate Components of your bill (customer charge and energy charge) will include Rider R (ATCO Electric Yukon’s Rate Adjustment Rider) and Rider J (Yukon Energy’s Revenue Shortfall Rider). These changes do not impact the overall amount of your electricity bill.
If you look at the new bill format (see below), Rider R and Rider J no longer appear. In residential bills, they have been rolled into the Customer Charge and the Energy Charge line items. This means these line items will be higher than what they would have been before December 1, 2024. In commercial bills, the riders are now included in the Demand/Capacity Charge and Energy Charge.
These changes have been directed by the Yukon Utilities Board to simplify the reading of your bill.
Beginning with December 2024 billing, customers will no longer see these line items:
Rider R: AEY RATE ADJUSTMENT RIDER
Rider J: YUKON ENERGY REVENUE SHORTFALL RIDER
The charges for these two riders will be included in the Base Rate Components (Customer Charge, Demand Charge and Energy Charge) of the bill instead of being displayed separately.
Rate riders are temporary charges or credits set by the Yukon Utilities Board. They help account for changes between interim and final rates. Riders exist for various reasons and periods of time.
While rate Rider R and Rider J will no longer appear on customer bills, they are still in effect as approved by the Yukon Utilities Board. Riders R and J revenue collections will still be tracked separately, and necessary transfers between the Utilities will continue.
The utilities were directed to make this change to customers’ bills in Board Order 2023-08. The Board directed the Utilities to reduce line items on the bill to address potential customer confusion and simplify electricity billing statements.
Here's a sample Yukon Energy commercial customer bill. Roll over any of the circled numbers below for an explanation of what each item refers to.