Etiket: HydroQuébec
Hydro-Québec: outages are accelerating, Quebecers must prepare for them
You are not fooled, power outages caused by major weather events are more and more numerous. And Hydro-Québec invites the population to do its part to deal with these periods…
Hydro-Quebec network | The charging of electric cars will exert “enormous pressure”
(Laval) If the Legault government is ready to refuse industrial projects in the face of the strong anticipated increase in electricity consumption, there is no question of touching the objectives…
We need new power plants, now says Hydro-Québec
Hydro-Québec no longer wonders whether new hydroelectric power stations will be necessary. To meet the growing demand for electricity, energy conservation and wind turbines will not be enough. It will…
A loss of electricity production creates major outages at Hydro-Québec
Hydro-Quebec is busy repairing the broken pots after a loss of electricity production led to power outages affecting nearly half a million households in the province, this noon. They should,…
Hydro-Quebec | Green light for export contract to Massachusetts
A court in Maine has just eliminated the last major obstacle that threatened Hydro-Quebec’s mega export contract to Massachusetts by allowing the resumption of construction work on the transmission line…
Hydro-Québec obtains a legal victory in Maine
Hydro-Quebec has won a major legal victory to allow its Maine interconnection line project to go ahead to export electricity to Massachusetts. The Maine Superior Court has delivered a verdict…
Where is Hydro-Québec headed?: Here are the questions to ask about the future of the state-owned company
More and more breakdowns, wanderings in forecasting electricity needs, vagueness surrounding its priorities, its independence and its next CEO. There is no shortage of questions about the future of Hydro-Québec.…
“The threat has existed for several years”: Hydro-Québec attacked by cyberhackers
OTTAWA | It’s high time to take cyber hackers seriously, like those who targeted Hydro-Quebec yesterday, because they are the biggest strategic threat to Canada and could even put lives…
Cyberattacks: a local company believes it could have protected Hydro-Québec
Montrealers who fend off pro-Putin hacker attacks on Ukrainian sites almost daily are unimpressed by Hydro-Quebec. • Read also: War in Ukraine: On the front lines of digital warfare •…
End of the outage that paralyzed the Hydro-Québec website and application
Access to the Hydro-Québec website and the Crown corporation’s application was restored early Friday after a paralysis of some 24 hours caused by a cyberattack. The outage occurred around 3…
Blackouts caused by ice storm fixed, says Hydro-Quebec
Hydro-Quebec announced Thursday morning that all the power outages caused by the ice storm that hit several regions of Quebec on April 5 have been repaired. Shortly after 6:00 a.m.…
Pro-Russian hackers claim cyberattack on Hydro-Quebec
The Hydro-Québec website as well as the application of the Crown corporation remained inaccessible around 7:15 a.m. Thursday morning, due to a cyberattack claimed by the group NoName057(16) on Telegram.…
Hydro-Québec has electricity… for cryptocurrency
The Bitfarms company, which mines Bitcoins, has reached an agreement with the City of Baie-Comeau to acquire 22 megawatts of electricity, the equivalent of the annual consumption of 8,000 residences.…
Hydro-Québec learned few lessons from the 1998 ice storm, according to the Minister of Public Security at the time
Deprived of electricity for six days, the Minister of Public Security during the 1998 ice storm criticized the less “humane” management of Hydro-Québec today. • Read also: The “Hydro-Québec Bermuda…
Freezing rain: 4,500 Hydro-Québec customers remain without power
The most recent ice storm in Quebec is coming to an end, but shortly before daybreak on Wednesday, there were still 4,500 Hydro-Quebec customers who still had no electricity in…
Negotiations at Hydro-Québec | Unions “preparing for the worst”
(Montreal) Negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreements covering some 16,000 union members at Hydro-Québec will soon begin, in a particular context. Updated yesterday at 4:18 p.m. Lia Levesque…
Unions “preparing for the worst” with the start of negotiations at Hydro-Québec
Negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreements covering some 16,000 union members at Hydro-Québec will soon begin, in a particular context. The negotiation committees of the six unions concerned,…
Ice storm: less than 15,000 Hydro-Québec customers to be reconnected
The number of Hydro-Québec subscribers deprived of electricity fell below 15,000 on Monday evening. • Read also: An HLM for seniors still down in Montreal: “if we are prioritized, it…
Hydro-Québec customers without electricity feel left out
Six days after the major ice storm, some 20,000 Hydro-Québec customers were still without power. The state-owned company says it is working tirelessly to reconnect the last homes by Tuesday…
More than 105,000 customers without electricity | Subscribers will have to wait until Tuesday, warns Hydro-Québec
(Montreal) Hydro-Quebec is maintaining its goal of restoring power to 95% of its customers plunged into darkness since Wednesday’s ice storm by Sunday evening. Posted at 7:14 a.m. Updated at…