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Peak demand events – Winter

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Hydro‑Québec dataset on peak demand events in Québec, updated based on weather conditions and operating constraints, from December 1 to March 31. The dataset provides information on the periods during which customers who take part in savings offers during peak demand events are called upon to reduce the pressure on the power grid.

List of offers and description

Residential customers

CPC-D: Critical peak credit for Rate D

TPC-DPC: Critical peak rate for Rate D

Business customers

GDP-Affaires: Critical peak rate for rates DP, DM, G, G9, M, LG or H

CPC-G: Critical peak credit for rate G

TPC-GPC: Critical peak rate for rates G

TPC-M: Critical peak rate for rates M, LG and G9.

TPC-L-Centre-C2, TPC-L-Centre-U, TPC-L-Sud-D1 et TPC-L-Sud-D2: Critical peak Rate L in sectors Centre (C2 and U) and Sud (D1 and D2)

OEA: Additional electricity option

Additional information

  • Update frequency: depending on option and program
  • Geographic coverage: Province of Québec, excluding the cities of Alma, Amos, Baie-Comeau, Coaticook, Joliette, Magog, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Westmount (municipal systems), the territory served by the Coopérative régionale d’électricité de Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville (cooperative system) and the regions supplied by off-grid systems
  • Temporal coverage: December 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025
  • Initial distribution: 2024‑04‑11
  • Notices and conditions of use:
    • The information provided represents raw data. It is without a guarantee of quality and subject to change without notice.
    • In the event of any discrepancy between the information provided by this dataset and that received by the official e-mail notification, the latter shall prevail.
Dataset Identifier
evenements-pointe
Downloads
5,509
Themes
Electricity consumption
License
CC BY-NC 4.0
Language
French
Timezone
America/Toronto
Modified
July 16, 2025 3:02 PM
Publisher
Hydro-Québec
Reference
https://donnees.solutions.hydroquebec.com/donnees-ouvertes/data/json/pointeshivernales.json
Update frequency
Irregular
Territory
Last processing
July 22, 2025 8:44 PM (metadata)
July 16, 2025 3:02 PM (data)

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Dataset schema

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offre
offers in effect during the peak demand event

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier) 
offre
Type 
text
Sample 
GDP-Affaires
dateDebut
date and time of the start of the peak demand event

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier) 
datedebut
Type 
datetime
Sample 
2024-12-23T06:00:00-05:00
dateFin
date and time of the end of the peak demand event

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier) 
datefin
Type 
datetime
Sample 
2024-12-23T09:00:00-05:00
plageHoraire
period of the day during which the peak demand event takes place (AM or PM)

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier) 
plagehoraire
Type 
text
Sample 
AM
duree
duration of the event

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier) 
duree
Type 
text
Sample 
PT03H00MS
secteurClient
customers asked to take part in the peak demand event (« Résidentiel » ou « Affaires »

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier) 
secteurclient
Type 
text
Sample 
Affaires

JSON Schema

The following JSON object is a standardized description of your dataset's schema. More about JSON schema.

{
  • "title":"evenements-pointe",
  • "type":"object",
  • "oneOf":
    [
    • {
      • "$ref":"#/definitions/evenements-pointe"
      }
    ]
    ,
  • "definitions":
    {
    • "evenements-pointe":
      {
      • "properties":
        {
        • "records":
          {
          • "type":"array",
          • "items":
            {
            • "$ref":"#/definitions/evenements-pointe_records"
            }
          }
        }
      }
      ,
    • "evenements-pointe_records":
      {
      • "properties":
        {
        • "fields":
          {
          • "type":"object",
          • "properties":
            {
            • "offre":
              {
              • "type":"string",
              • "title":"offre",
              • "description":"offers in effect during the peak demand event"
              }
              ,
            • "datedebut":
              {
              • "type":"string",
              • "format":"date-time",
              • "title":"dateDebut",
              • "description":"date and time of the start of the peak demand event"
              }
              ,
            • "datefin":
              {
              • "type":"string",
              • "format":"date-time",
              • "title":"dateFin",
              • "description":"date and time of the end of the peak demand event"
              }
              ,
            • "plagehoraire":
              {
              • "type":"string",
              • "title":"plageHoraire",
              • "description":"period of the day during which the peak demand event takes place (AM or PM)"
              }
              ,
            • "duree":
              {
              • "type":"string",
              • "title":"duree",
              • "description":"duration of the event"
              }
              ,
            • "secteurclient":
              {
              • "type":"string",
              • "title":"secteurClient",
              • "description":"customers asked to take part in the peak demand event (« Résidentiel » ou « Affaires »"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
}

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