Utilities Board (Yukon)

The Utilities Board: 

• sets rates of a public utility;
• prohibits or limits any proposed rate change;
• sets proper and adequate rates and methods of depreciation, amortization, or depletion in respect of the property of any public utility;
• sets just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements or services to be observed, provided or followed by a public utility;
• determines the areas to which a public utility shall provide service and requiring the public utility to establish, construct, maintain and operate any reasonable expansion of its existing services; and
• determines the conditions that may be imposed by a public utility to establish, construct, maintain or operate an expansion of its existing services.
• Authority: Public Utilities Act, section 2
• Type: regulatory
• Appointment process: ministerial
• Requirements: no legislated criteria required to join
• Term: 3 years and may be reappointed for further term
• Meetings: at least 2 times per year
• Department: Justice
• Honoraria: OIC 2022/211 – chair up to $900 per day; board members up to $600 per day

Any Yukon resident is eligible to apply to serve on a government board or committee.

Apply

1. Complete the application.
2. Prepare a brief resume. This should include information relevant for sitting on the board or committee.
3. Submit your completed application and resume.
   In person: Inquiry Desk at 2071 Second Avenue in Whitehorse. We are open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Address your envelope "Attention: Boards and Committees Secretariat (CM-1)"
   Email: boards.committees@yukon.ca
   Mail:
   Government of Yukon
   Boards and Committees Secretariat (CM-1)
   Box 2703
   Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6

How members are selected

Members are appointed by a Minister, Cabinet or the Legislative Assembly.

School board and school council members can be elected or, in some cases, appointed.

Appointments to these boards are based on standing committee recommendations:

• Yukon Development Corporation
• Yukon Energy Corporation
• Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board
• Yukon Lottery Commission
• Yukon Recreation Advisory Committee
• Yukon Arts Advisory Council
• Yukon Utilities Board
• Yukon Council on the Economy and the Environment
• Yukon Human Rights Commission

Some boards and committees members are required to hold certain professional qualifications or affiliations.

• Andre Fortin, member from May 2, 2021, to May 1, 2024
• Bonnie (Catherine) King, member from February 12, 2024, to February 11, 2027
• Lesley McCullough, member from September 16, 2021, vice-chair from July 27, 2023, to September 15, 2024
• Mel Johnson, member from May 4, 2023, to May 3, 2026
• Richard Buchan, member and chair from February 10, 2024, to February 9, 2027