Get your company ready for 2030
Time flies! It often feels as if the new millennium just began, but in only a decade, we’ll be ushering in the new 30s. The year 2030 is the target date set by Québec for achieving the objectives of its energy transition, which include a 15% improvement in energy efficiency. Is your company ready?
Excerpt from an article published in the magazine L’actualité, September 2019.
Efficient solutions
Are you an entrepreneur? There are programs and resources for the business sector to make the energy transition profitable for your bottom line and brand image. Are you considering hydropower for your new installations or thinking of replacing your current equipment with more efficient electrical alternatives? Hydro-Québec’s Efficient Solutions Program was designed to support upgrades, expansions, equipment acquisitions and commercial, industrial and institutional building projects.
The financial assistance program is aimed at all Québec‑based businesses. With the Simplified Option, which includes over 200 predetermined eligible measures, such as thermal envelopes, HVAC systems, cooling, energy recovery and more, there really is something for everyone! For their more specific needs, organizations can choose the Customized Option, which provides support from technical experts.
Lyne Doyon, Energy Efficiency Initiatives Design and Development Advisor.
The Customized Option is aimed at complex, innovative projects that receive prior approval from Hydro‑Québec and do not qualify for the Simplified Option.
All projects big or small
To be eligible, Efficient Solutions projects must reach a financial assistance or energy savings threshold for all the buildings covered by the project. Does that put small businesses at a disadvantage? "This is why the role of project aggregator is so important. Becoming an aggregator makes it possible to group several business customers into a single project to reach the threshold," explained Doyon. What are the benefits? In addition to making things simpler for its clients and receiving the financial assistance directly, the aggregator can strengthen their position and become an energy efficiency influencer. By enrolling in the program, businesses can benefit from greater recognition of their expertise, build customer loyalty and increase their revenue.
Connecting with our values
Recognized around the world for being not only renewable but also over 99% clean, hydroelectricity remains the first choice of Québec businesses that are turning to green energy. With the new 2030 objectives on the horizon and the importance—indeed the urgency—of being ready, Hydro‑Québec’s Efficient Solutions Program, financial assistance and support tools come at the perfect time.
What about your project?
Submitting a project is easy! The program provides resources like the OSE online calculation tool as part of the Simplified Option to help project managers determine the financial support their organization may be entitled to. Then there are just a few steps required to receive the support. “Because organizations that choose the Customized Option must detail the energy savings generated through their project, they benefit from the support of technical experts throughout the process to obtain the financial assistance,” Doyon.
Submit your project today