Etiket: HydroQuébec
Rain and ice in Quebec | Another 300,000 Hydro-Québec customers without power
(Montreal) More than 300,000 Hydro-Québec customers remained without power around 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning, some since Wednesday’s ice storm, but others since the appearance of new blackouts in the wake…
Some Hydro-Quebec customers could not find electricity until Monday
Hydro-Québec aims to restore power to 95% of households by Saturday evening, but some customers could wait until Monday before finding heating and light in their homes. The death of…
Another 674,000 Hydro-Québec subscribers without power Friday morning
Hydro-Québec still hopes to be able to restore power to 70% to 80% of its subscribers by Friday evening, but some customers may have to wait until the Easter weekend…
Ice storm over southern Quebec | A colossal task for Hydro-Québec
Between 70% and 80% of Quebecers who are in the dark should be reconnected by the end of Friday evening, assures Hydro-Quebec. To achieve this, the state corporation first intends…
How did Hydro-Québec prepare for the ice storm?
Hydro-Quebec was on high alert on Monday. Its teams of meteorologists were trying to predict the size of the coming storm, while those responsible for monitoring the transmission and distribution…
A third of Hydro-Québec customers reconnected “within 24 hours”, says Minister Fitzgibbon after the ice storm
The Minister of Economy and Energy, Pierre Fitzgibbon, says that a third of subscribers affected by power outages should be reconnected within 24 hours. Mr. Fitzgibbon provided an update on…
Pierre Despars will act as interim CEO of Hydro-Québec
The Legault government on Wednesday appointed a temporary president and general manager at the head of Hydro-Québec, while Sophie Brochu is due to leave office on April 11. This is…
Hydro-Quebec | Pierre Despars replaces Sophie Brochu on an interim basis
(Quebec) The Legault government appoints Pierre Despars as interim CEO of Hydro-Quebec, to replace Sophie Brochu who will leave her post on April 11. He is currently Executive Vice President,…
More than 810,000 Hydro-Québec customers are without power due to the ice storm
The freezing rain that fell on Quebec is wreaking havoc: in all, more than 810,000 customers concentrated in the regions of Montreal, Montérégie and Outaouais were without electricity on Wednesday…
Petit Mécatina River Hydroelectric Project | Hydro-Quebec is back in motion
Hydro-Québec has pulled the Petit Mécatina River hydroelectric project out of its drawers, where it has been sleeping for 20 years, to advance it to the next stage, that of…
Hydro-Québec is studying the potential of the Petit Mécatina River
Hydro-Québec wants to accelerate the evaluation of Québec’s hydroelectric potential in order to meet the growing demand for electricity expected over the next few years. She is currently studying the…
Hydro-Québec is studying the potential of the Petit Mécatina River
Hydro-Québec wants to accelerate the evaluation of Québec’s hydroelectric potential in order to meet the growing demand for electricity expected over the next few years. She is currently studying the…
Hydro-Québec is studying the potential of the Petit Mécatina River
Hydro-Québec announces that it wants to intensify the assessment of Québec’s hydroelectric potential in order to meet the growing demand for electricity. It also confirms that it is currently studying…
Hydro-Québec and the Cree Nation discuss the future
Hydro-Québec and the Crees are in discussion to increase hydroelectric production in the north of the province, was able to confirm The duty. The possibility of producing more power by…
Hydro-Québec rate hike starting Saturday
Hydro-Québec reminds its subscribers that the annual indexation of its electricity rates will come into effect this Saturday. The state corporation has calculated that for residential customers, the monthly impact…
Hydro-Québec rates up this Saturday
(Montreal) Hydro-Québec reminds its subscribers that the annual indexation of its electricity rates will come into effect this Saturday. Posted at 8:30 a.m. The state corporation has calculated that for…
A Hydro-Québec power line project in an agricultural zone refused
The route of the transmission line planned by Hydro-Québec to supply the first electric open-pit mine in the world, that of Nouveau Monde graphite (NMG), crosses a “unique and fragile”…
Hydro-Québec transmission network | Fitzgibbon wants new high-voltage lines to Montreal
(Quebec) Quebec’s inability to attract Volkswagen’s battery plant due to a lack of electricity in the Montreal region is prompting the Legault government to consider erecting new electric transmission lines…
Hydro-Québec retains seven energy production bids, mainly wind power
New wind turbines should soon grow on Quebec territory. Hydro-Québec announced Tuesday that it has selected seven bids that will inject additional power into its network by December 2026. Most…
The full electrification of new buildings in Montreal puts off Hydro-Québec
Converting all buildings in Montreal that run on natural gas to electricity “is not at all realistic,” Hydro-Québec recently asserted. The Crown corporation now adds that it would have difficulty…