Aishihik Water Levels

Over a 25-year average, about 90% of the electricity Yukon Energy produces comes from renewable resources, primarily hydro. Yukon Energy owns three hydro facilities that produce electricity, but we don’t own the water that passes through the facilities to generate electricity. We have water use licences from the Yukon Water Board that allows us to use the water.

As part of our water use licences, there are several rules, or “conditions”, that we must follow, including managing the water supply level. For each lake, there are upper and lower supply level limits we must follow, noted on each chart below. Yukon Energy watches the water levels of the lakes that feed its hydro facilities closely. Water level data is also used for community-based monitoring and implementation of the Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plans in place for each facility.