ATCO Electric Yukon, formerly Yukon Electrical Company Limited (YECL), is a private electrical utility based in Whitehorse, Yukon, serving most

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communities and

Lower Post, British Columbia Lower Post is an aboriginal community in northern British Columbia, Canada, located on Highway 97, the Alaska Highway, approximately 15 miles (23 kilometres) southeast of Watson Lake, Yukon. Its historical mile designation is Mile 620. It is loca ...

. The company, founded in 1901, is owned by ATCO of Alberta. Through mergers and acquisitions, Yukon Electrical extended to serve most communities in Yukon. Though it owns one

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and a number of diesel generating facilities of its own, it purchases most of its power wholesale from the

Yukon Energy Corporation Yukon Energy Corporation (YEC; french: Société d'énergie du Yukon) is a Crown corporation which is the primary producer of electricity in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It also distributes electricity to a small number of locations not ser ...

and distributes it to consumers. From 1987 to 1997, it operated the services of Yukon Energy under contract, but in 1997, the Yukon government chose not to renew the arrangement; Yukon Energy established its own offices for management and customer service, while YECL continued to operate its own facilities. The activities of ATCO Electrical Yukon are as follows: Distribution only * Whitehorse (also has a small

generating facility at Fish Lake) *

Marsh Lake, Yukon Marsh Lake (Lingít: ''Kóoshdaa Xágu'') is an unincorporated community on the Alaska Highway on the shores of Marsh Lake southeast of Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon. The area was organized in 2001, as a local area council to help the residents wi ...

Tagish, Yukon Tagish is an unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada. It is east of Carcross, Yukon, on the Tagish Road at the northern end of Tagish Lake. The greater Tagish area also includes the Tagish Estates, Tagish Beach and Taku subdivisions, the latte ...

Carcross, Yukon Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, ( tli, Nadashaa Héeni) is an unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation. It is south-southeast by the Alaska Highwa ...

* Keno City, Yukon Distribution and back-up generation * Teslin, Yukon * Haines Junction, Yukon * Carmacks, Yukon *

Ross River, Yukon Ross River is an unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada. It lies at the junction of the Ross River and the Pelly River, along the Canol Road, not far from the Campbell Highway. Primary access to the Campbell Highway is via a nine-mile acc ...

Diesel generation and distribution * Old Crow, Yukon *

Pelly Crossing, Yukon Pelly Crossing is a community in Yukon, Canada. It lies where the Klondike Highway crosses the Pelly River. It is the home of the Selkirk First Nation, and home to the Northern Tutchone culture. Cultural displays and artifacts are housed in a ...

Stewart Crossing, Yukon Stewart Crossing is a settlement in Yukon, Canada located on the Stewart River. It is about 179 km east of Dawson City on the Klondike Highway, near the junction with the Silver Trail, from which it is about southwest of Mayo. A Yukon gov ...

Beaver Creek, Yukon Beaver Creek is a community in Yukon, Canada. Located at kilometre 1870.6 (historical mile 1202) of the Alaska Highway, southeast of Beaver Creek Airport and close to the Alcan - Beaver Creek Border Crossing, it is Canada's westernmost communi ...

* Destruction Bay, Yukon * Upper Liard, Yukon *

* Burwash Landing, Yukon * Watson Lake, Yukon *

Swift River, Yukon Swift River is a settlement in the Canada, Canadian territory of Yukon, primarily a service stop on the Alaska Highway at historical mile 733. The radius of the area is estimated to be about ). The only permanent population owns and operates, or i ...

The only Yukon communities not served by ATCO are Dawson City, Faro, Mayo and Champagne.

External links

*{{official, https://www.atcoelectricyukon.com Companies based in Whitehorse Electric power companies of Canada ATCO Canadian companies established in 1901

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