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Energy Efficiency Plan 2005–2010
 

Objective: Achieve annual savings of 4.7 TWh by 2010 (enough to supply more than 250,000 homes) with a total budget of $1 billion.

  • 866 GWh in energy savings (exceeding target of 661 GWh)
  • 39,450 ENERGY WISE Home Diagnostic questionnaires completed by residential customers looking for advice on ways to use electricity wisely (program overhauled in 2007)
  • 942,508 electronic thermostats installed
  • 167,741 pool filter timers sold
  • 135,278 ENERGY STAR® qualified washing machines sold
Environment
 
WISE USE OF ELECTRICITY

 
Why

  • Lessen the need for new generating facilities
  • Free up electricity so that it can be used more judiciously
  • Make people aware of the importance of reducing their consumption of other resources such as water
  • Make our customers aware of energy efficiency and help them make better energy choices
 

 

Society
 

ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAMS FOR VARIOUS CUSTOMER CATEGORIES

Tools and programs designed to reduce electricity bills

Residential customers

  • ENERGY WISE diagnostic for residential customers
  • Novoclimat subsidy for new homes
  • Rénoclimat for Houses grant
  • Rebate on the purchase of ENERGY STAR® qualified appliances
  • Program to recover energy-guzzling refrigerators and freezers
Municipalities

  • Campaign to promote the ENERGY WISE Home Diagnostic in cooperation with local and regional communities, in order to support local initiatives (culture, sports and recreation, environment and community activities)
Business customers

  • ENERGY WISE diagnostic for small service companies
  • Empower Program for Building Optimization
  • Empower Program for Industrial Systems
  • Efficient Products Program
  • Traffic Light Optimization Program
  • Visilec
Large-power customers

  • Industrial Initiatives Program
  • Industrial Analysis and Demonstration Program
  • Plant Retrofit Program
  • Building Initiatives Program
Innovation projects

  • IDEAS – Technology Demonstration and Experimentation Initiatives
  • AVENUES – Marketplace for Energy-Efficient Technologies


Click here for more information on our energy-saving programs and tools.
 

 

Economy
 

SUPPORT FOR THE QUÉBEC ECONOMY
 
Some of our partners

  • Agence de l'efficacité énergétique du Québec
  • Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency
  • Corporation des maîtres électriciens du Québec
  • Association provinciale des constructeurs d'habitations du Québec
  • Manufacturers and retailers of energy-saving products
  • Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités and Union des municipalités du Québec
  • Aluminum Association of Canada
  • Québec Forest Industry Council
  • Association des redistributeurs d'électricité du Québec
  • Association québécoise des consommateurs industriels d'électricité
  • Association des gestionnaires de parcs immobiliers

How

  • Creation of jobs in various sectors
  • Emergence of energy efficiency expertise:
    • Support for energy efficiency technology demonstration and experimentation initiatives (IDEAS program)
    • Technology demonstration projects related to efficient lighting and the use of geothermal systems, in cooperation with the provincial farm producers' union (UPA)
    • Publication of three collections of winning energy efficiency practices intended for the municipal, educational and health and social services sectors

Recognition activity

  • Creation of the Energy Savers' Circle to recognize the efforts of large-power customers that are particularly proactive in energy efficiency and have reduced their power consumption by at least 5% or 50 GWh by participating in Hydro-Québec energy conservation programs (15 members now in the Circle)
  • We were given two awards by the Canadian government for our commitment to energy efficiency, and specifically for our efforts in 2006 and 2007 to promote ENERGY STAR® certification under the ENERGY WISE programs
 

 
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