US EditionYukon power grid under ‘significant’ strain as deep freeze grips Western Canada
Yukon Energy Minister Ted Laking warns of rolling blackouts due to record electricity demand and equipment failures amid extreme cold, urging conservation to ease grid strain.
- On Dec. 23, 2025, The Canadian Press reported Yukon's power grid is under strain after recent peak demand records, with conditions expected to persist until late Wednesday.
- A deep freeze across Western Canada has Environment Canada issuing cold warnings for northern Manitoba, most of Saskatchewan and Alberta, forecasting chills between-45 and-50 C through late Wednesday.
- Equipment failures across the territory have raised the prospect of rolling blackouts, and officials said small conservation actions ease pressure on the grid.
- Yukon Energy Minister Ted Laking urged residents to conserve electricity, asked for patience and to curb use during peak hours in a Monday statement, and advised preparing emergency kits.
- The combination of record demand and extreme cold with equipment failures increases the territory's vulnerability to outages, prompting conservation appeals through late Wednesday.
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The cold weather in the Yukon puts a severe strain on the electricity grid and the Territory's energy minister warns that the situation could worsen with high demand and falling temperature records.
Extreme cold pushes Yukon power grid to the brink
Frigid temperatures that hover around -40 C — or -50 C in some communities — continue to keep much of the territory in their grip. There’s no sign of that weather, patterns of which are coming from Siberia, easing up any time soon.
Winnipeg Free Press
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WHITEHORSE — The cold weather in the Yukon puts a severe strain on the electricity grid and the Territory's energy minister warns that the situation could get worse with high demand and falling temperature records. Environment Canada has issued extreme cold alerts for southern Yukon, parts of the Northwest Territories and British Columbia, as well as for the northern Prairies, with several days of extreme wind chill ranging from -20 in British C…
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