Partners
Play a key role in energy efficiency

Financial assistance that really pays off!
Are you helping a customer implement a project? Get in touch with us from the start to make the most of our many programs and incentives that offer financial assistance for energy upgrades. You can also advise your customers on getting a credit on their energy bill through our Demand Response (DR) Option. Help your customers better manage their energy use and save money!
Choosing the right program
Many energy efficiency projects are eligible for financial assistance.
Does your customer have a project in mind, but doesn’t quite know where to begin? To determine which energy efficiency measures are the most advantageous, a building, equipment, process or systems energy analysis is a good place to start. The analysis is also eligible for financial assistance. Who knows? You could be entrusted with a new mandate by supporting a participating company.
Learn more about the energy analysis
Is your customer’s project a construction or renovation project that meets predefined measures in the OSE tool, such as installing a heat pump or heat recovery system, or adding control points or equipment programming?
Consult the Efficient Solutions Program
Is your customer’s project a complex or innovative project whose selected measures are not in the OSE tool?
Learn more about our Customized Option
Is your customer’s project a real estate project dedicated to high-performance and energy efficiency?
Application submission
For the Small Businesses component, the Simplified Option of the Medium and Large Businesses component, and the Farming component under the Efficient Solutions Program, head to the OSE tool to confirm the eligibility of the measures, calculate the financial assistance and submit an application.
Any project applying for another program must be approved before it is carried out.
Incentive compensation*
Receive incentive compensation while helping your customers implement energy efficiency and demand response projects.
The following is an overview of the proposed compensation: 1
Efficient Solutions Program
Small Businesses component
10% of the financial assistance granted to your customer 2
Medium and Large Businesses component – Simplified Option
5% of the financial assistance granted to your customer 3
Medium and Large Businesses component – Customized Option
1¢ per kWh saved up to a maximum of $50,000 for each project
Farming component
Innovative Projects Program
Real estate sector
1¢ per kWh saved up to a maximum of $50,000 for each project
1 Please refer to the participant’s guides for the full terms and conditions.
2 The eligibility threshold is $50,000 of financial assistance per calendar year.
3 The eligibility threshold is $200,000 of financial assistance per calendar year.
We can help you find the best solution for you and your customers.
Contact usOther assistance and credits
We also have a host of other interesting programs and offers for your customers:
- Demand Response (DR) Option: To reduce power demand during peak periods.
- Electricity Management Systems Program: To optimize the electricity use of a customer whose annual bill exceeds $750,000.
- Technology and Business Demonstration Program: To better understand proven technologies whose viability in Québec has yet to be established.
- Evlo: A provider of fully integrated battery energy storage systems and solutions.
- LogisVert Efficient Homes Program: Financial assistance to implement various energy efficiency measures in residential buildings.
- Hilo Smart Home Service: Helps lower electricity use by issuing energy-saving challenges during peak demand events.

Partners toolkit
Dunsky Energy + Climate decarbonization trajectories
Dunsky Energy + Climate designed efficient decarbonization trajectories in collaboration with Hydro‑Québec, the Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, and the main power distributors.
These guides outline priority measures in energy efficiency, demand response management and decarbonization in the following sectors :
Frequently asked questions
Partners support business customers throughout the process, fill out the required documentation and, since October 7, 2024, submit projects on their customers’ behalf in OSE 5.0. Customers are responsible for the information provided to Hydro‑Québec, and validating the data is therefore a very important step. Under the Efficient Solutions and Innovative Projects programs, partners may receive incentive compensation based on the scope of the project.
Aggregators submit projects involving one or more buildings owned, operated, occupied or being built by their customers on their behalf. Their customers must have previously filled out a notice of participation [PDF 706 kB ‑ in French only]. Aggregators receive financial assistance directly at the end of each project, as well as incentive compensation once or twice a year, when the minimum amount is reached. This role only exists under the Efficient Solutions Program, except for the Farming Component, for which only partners are eligible.
Any business or organization located in Québec is eligible, including:
- Specialized contractors
- Equipment distributors
- Engineering consulting firms
- Energy efficiency services companies
- Customer associations
- Members of these groups
Your customer must designate you as a partner. Hydro‑Québec will not make recommendations.
Under the Small Businesses component and the Medium and Large Businesses component’s Simplified Option of the Efficient Solutions Program, the compensation is paid twice a year provided the eligibility thresholds are met.
Under the Medium and Large Businesses component’s Customized Option of the Efficient Solutions and Innovative Projects programs, the compensation is paid as soon as the project is finished.
- Participant’s Guide – Efficient Solutions Program – Small Businesses [PDF 143 kB – In French only]
- Participant’s Guide – Efficient Solutions Program – Medium and Large Businesses Component [PDF 212 kB – in French only]
- Participant’s Guide – Efficient Solutions Program – Farming Component [PDF 146 kB – in French only]
- Participant’s Guide – Innovative Projects Program [PDF 229 kB – in French only]
For more information, please contact us.
Yes. Projects must be submitted for approval before being carried out, with the exception of projects submitted via the OSE tool, which do not require prior approval by Hydro‑Québec.
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