At Yukon Energy, it’s our job to supply the electricity Yukoners need when and where they need it. Our ability to keep the lights on is especially important during Yukon’s cold and dark winters when demand for electricity is the highest.
We’re always planning for cold weather, emergencies and increased demands for electricity. That’s why we rent diesel generators each year as our insurance policy against prolonged power outages until we can build more dependable renewable resources.
This winter (2023/2024), we are planning to rent 22 portable diesel generators. If the cold snap in December 2022 reinforced anything for us, it’s that, collectively, Yukoners are using more electricity than ever before, and that more sources of dependable electricity are needed during the winter.
Ten of the rental diesel generators will be installed in our Whitehorse parking lot, seven will be installed in Faro and five in Mayo.
Learn more about why we are proposing to put five diesel generators near Mayo in the document below. You can also learn more on the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Board (YESAB)'s website here.