Des Sources | Distribution system upgrade

Project overview

To better serve its customers and provide them with reliable, high‑quality service at an affordable price, Hydro‑Québec published its Action Plan 2035 – Towards a Decarbonized and Prosperous Québec in November 2023. Improving service quality is our top priority and as such, this plan proposes a series of concrete and ambitious initiatives related to the energy and economic transition.

In this context, Hydro‑Québec is carrying out major work to increase the robustness of a distribution line in Montréal’s West Island.

Hydro‑Québec has chosen this distribution line, which supplies 4,098 customers in the municipality of Dollard‑des‑Ormeaux and Montréal’s Pierrefonds‑Roxboro borough, to test a combination of new solutions designed to make the grid more resilient and reduce the number and duration of power outages.

• Setting and replacing several poles, some of which will be replaced with composite poles.
• Replacing certain conductors with covered conductors.
• Adding remotely controlled equipment.
• Preventive pruning and felling of at‑risk trees.