How Whitehorse is built
- Before 1961 8%
- 1961–1990 41%
- 1991–2000 16%
- 2001 or later 35%
Getting your usage history in Whitehorse
Most of Whitehorse is served by ATCO Electric Yukon for electricity; there is no piped natural gas for homes.
- ATCO Electric Yukon: My Account Portal: statements on any device and monitoring of energy consumption. History depth and download not stated. Link
What the analysis shows
Whitehorse gets about 6,522 heating degree-days a year, a measure of how much heating its climate needs, and its winter design temperature, the cold day heating systems are sized for, is −36.4°C. Those figures come from the climate data for Whitehorse in HOT2000, the home-energy software Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) gives energy advisors. Weather-normalizing your bills against those degree-days separates heating from baseload (lights, appliances, hot water), so you can see how much of the bill a heating upgrade can actually touch, and compare a mild year with a harsh one fairly.
NRCan-licensed service organizations serving Whitehorse
In Yukon, the territorial government's Energy Branch is the licensed service organization and arranges assessments with local energy advisors.
A service organization is a company that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) licenses to deliver EnerGuide evaluations; its registered energy advisors do the home visit. Bring 12 months of bills to any of these organizations' evaluations; the advisor's model uses them as the baseline for projected savings.
- Government of Yukon Energy Mines and Resources
Energy bill analysis in Whitehorse: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Whitehorse?
ATCO Electric Yukon: My Account Portal: statements on any device and monitoring of energy consumption. History depth and download not stated. Link
What is Green Button?
A standard format for downloading your own energy data. Ontario electricity utilities have been required to offer Green Button Download My Data since November 1, 2023.
Why weather-normalize bills?
A cold winter raises heating bills even if nothing about the house changed. Normalizing to degree-days lets you compare years fairly and measure real savings.