Study areas
Hydro‑Québec has established a perimeter containing several study areas, each corresponding to a particular project.
Environmental studies
For each area, Hydro‑Québec is conducting detailed on-site technical studies and environmental inventories to minimize the impacts of its project and determine appropriate mitigation measures. Environmental studies will look at wetlands and aquatic environments, special-status plant and wildlife species, land use, soil and archaeology.
Hydro‑Québec takes a collaborative approach when carrying out its projects with non-Indigenous and Indigenous host communities. Since 2022, it has been engaging with host communities in earlier project stages to take into account existing infrastructure and infrastructure planned in the short term, to present the projects under study and to find solutions with the least impact.
Hydro‑Québec must obtain government approvals for certain projects, in particular from the Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP).
