Integrated Enhancement Program
[an error occurred while processing this directive]The Integrated Enhancement Program (IEP) is designed solely for eligible organizations located on land where new transmission lines or new substations are being built.
Video: The IEP in a minute
Hydro‑Québec believes that its power transmission facilities (lines and substations) should blend harmoniously into their environment. Through its Integrated Enhancement Program (IEP), Hydro‑Québec grants eligible organizations funding to enable them to carry out initiatives in which local residents have had a say.
Hydro-Quebec believes that its power transmission facilities (lines and substations) should blend harmoniously into their environment.
It selects sites with great care and takes appropriate mitigation measures to keep the environmental impacts of its facilities to a minimum.
At the same time, it sees its projects as opportunities to work with host communities to improve their quality of life and environment.
Through its Integrated Enhancement Program (IEP), Hydro-Quebec grants eligible organizations funding to enable them to carry out initiatives in which local residents have had a say.
Hydro-Quebec recognizes municipal authorities directly affected by a new energy transmission facility as eligible organizations.
- When a transmission facility is located in one or more municipalities of a regional county municipality (MRC) or agglomeration, or in one or more boroughs of a city, the eligible organizations are the municipality or municipalities or the city borough or boroughs.
An eligible organization may, if it so wishes, delegate its responsibilities to the municipal authority that it comes under. For example, a borough may delegate its responsibilities to its city, or a municipality to its MRC.
Transmission facilities covered
The transmission facilities covered by the IEP:
- New overhead transmission lines (49 kV or over)
- Overhead transmission lines whose initial operating voltage has been increased
- New double-circuit line built to replace a parallel single-circuit line
- New aboveground substations, including indoor substations, or overhead-underground junction substations (overhead part only)
- Substation built at same location with an increase in the operating voltage
Allocated funding
The allocated funding corresponds to an amount per kilometre* of the new transmission line and a lump sum* based on the area occupied by the new substation:
VOLTAGE | AMOUNT PER KILOMETRE |
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49 kV–230 kV | $38,808 |
315 kV–735 kV | $50,568 |
SURFACE AREA | LUMP SUM |
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5,000–17,000 m2 or entire footprint in the case of an indoor substation | $176,400 |
17,001–50,000 m2 | $352,800 |
50,001–150,000 m2 | $588,000 |
150,001 m2 and over | $1,176,000 |
*Amounts indexed periodically.
Citizen involvement
The public is invited to propose initiatives and to be involved in choosing them.
Useful documentation for eligible organizations
- Participant’s Guide for Eligible Organizations [PDF 1.02 MB]
- Appendix – Model Municipal Resolution on IEP Participation [DOCX 32 kB]
- Appendix – Model Request for Proposals for Initiatives [DOCX 30 Kb]
- Appendix – Initiative Description Form [PDF 159 kB]
- Appendix – IEP Initiative Agreement [DOCX 77 kB]
- Appendix – End of Initiative and Evaluation Form [PDF 126 kB]
Powering communities
For over 30 years, the IEP has helped develop, maintain, repair and enhance communities. Thanks to this program, more people are playing, skating, cycling, reading, laughing, thinking, discovering and gathering across Québec. See for yourself!
Slideshow
Following content is an image slideshow about: initiatives supported by the IEP