Hydro-Québec - Sustainable Development

Partnering with Communities:
Consulting local communities
Consensus with stakeholders
Following through on our commitments
Contributing financially to local and regional initiatives

Partnering with Communities

Consulting Local Communities

When Hydro-Québec carries out its projects—construction or refurbishment of hydroelectric developments, lines or substations—it ensures that all stakeholders concerned are involved. Accordingly, at all project stages, close relations with the host communities are maintained through various means.

Every year, many information and consultation activities are held in connection with Hydro-Québec projects.

Our discussion forums are been especially active in the case of major projects, for which we also conduct specific consultations of Aboriginal peoples, municipalities, regional development boards and other stakeholders.

Some Examples

Information and Consultation Initiatives for Some of Our Recent Projects
Project by Region of Québec	Initiative
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Lumsden dam rehabilitation	Information exchanged regularly with the town of Témiscaming, and consultation with the Lake Tee waterfront property owners' association and other stakeholders.
Nord-du-Québec
Eastmain-1-A/Sarcelle/Rupert hydroelectric project	Regional information tour on the project's potential economic spinoffs, based on the portfolio previously established with the ComaxNORD committee. These meetings are also opportunities for discussion between the company and local stakeholders. They offer insight into many commonly shared concerns and allow the company to fine-tune its activities accordingly.
Eastmain-1 hydroelectric project	Information session and joint publication (ComaxAT, ComaxNord, SEBJ, Hydro-Québec) on regional economic spinoffs of this project for partners in the Nord-du-Québec and Abitibi-Témiscamingue regions.
Bas-Saint-Laurent
Integration of wind farm output into the transmission grid	Information and consultation in connection with the planned 230-kV line between Goémon and Gros-Morne. Meetings with municipal stakeholders, organizations, property owners and the general public.
Mauricie
Gentilly-2	Information and discussion forums on the plan and external nuclear emergency measures. Press conference and information kiosks set up at Bécancour and Gentilly in partnership with regional authorities.
Saint-Narcisse–Cap-de-la-Madeleine line (Circuit 664) (new distribution line)	Information and consultation meeting with the regional farm producers' union (UPA) and wood producers, the municipalities of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes and Saint-Narcisse, and the RCM of Des Chenaux.
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
161-kV Péribonka–Simard line (connection of Péribonka generating station to the transmission grid)	Information and consultation meetings with the RCM of Fjord-du-Saguenay, the municipalities of Saint-David-de-Falardeau, Bégin and Saint-Honoré, City of Saguenay, Boiteuse ZEC, regional environment board, Lac-Saint-Jean Montagnais, UPA, and several others.
Côte-Nord
Romaine hydroelectric complex	Information and discussion forums, workshops, newsletters distributed to homes in the Mingan region, and open house held in the administrative offices in Havre-Saint-Pierre.
Capitale-Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches
Installation of de-icing equipment at Lévis substation and related projects	Information meetings with municipal stakeholders concerned by the de-icing and line reinforcement project.
Montréal
Distribution line underneath the rivière des Prairies	Newsletter distributed to customers living along the waterfront and in the boroughs of Pierrefonds-Roxboro and île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève.

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