In the future, buying power from the Atlin Hydro Expansion project would increase the amount of dependable renewable electricity available in Yukon to meet winter peaks for power and growing demands for energy.
The project has the potential to add 8 megawatts of dependable capacity to Yukon’s grid. That’s about the same as increasing the size of Yukon’s electrical system by about 8 per cent. It is also expected to generate about 31 gigawatt hours of hydroelectricity each winter – roughly the same amount of electricity used by 2,500 Yukon homes annually.
The proposed Atlin Hydro Expansion project will be built and owned by Tlingit Homeland Energy Limited Partnership (THELP), a company owned 100% by Taku River Tlingit First Nation Citizens. Once the project is complete, Yukon Energy would purchase power from THELP the same way we purchase renewable power from other independent power producers.
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