Structure of the option

When you sign up for the Demand Response Option, the prices and conditions in effect for your base rate continue to apply.

You will receive a credit if you reduce power demand during peak demand events at Hydro Québec’s request.

Before each peak demand event, your designated contacts will be notified via email of the date and time the event will start and end.

At the end of the winter period, you will receive a credit, determined based on blocks of power demand reduction, for each kilowatt (kW) of effective interruptible power, provided that the effective power reduction threshold of 10 kW is reached for all but a maximum of four peak demand events. This credit will be applied to your bill no later than the end of the third billing cycle following the winter period in question and is calculated as follows:

Credit tiers (2023–2024)

Hydro-Québec has revised the credit tiers to make the rate option more advantageous for customers who are making a significant effort to reduce their power demand.

Blocks of power reduction Improved credit
($/kW of effective interruptible power)
2023–2024
From 10 to 199 kW $71.025
More than 199 to 599 kW $65.561
More than 599 to 1,199 kW $60.098
More than 1,199 to 1,799 kW $54.635
More than 1,799 kW $49.171

Credit tiers – 2022–2023

The following credit tiers were in effect from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023.

Blocks of power reduction Applicable credit
($/kW of effective interruptible power)
From 15 to 199 kW $66.690
More than 199 to 599 kW $61.560
More than 599 to 1,199 kW $56.430
More than 1,199 to 1,799 kW $51.300
More than 1,799 kW $46.170

Calculate the credit that could be applied to your electricity bill

You can use this calculator to estimate the amount of the credit for which your company may be entitled based on various assumptions.

You have several service contracts and you’d like to know the total credit amount you could receive? To find out, use the calculator to estimate the credit for each service contract and then add them together.

Applicable credit

2022-2023

$0,00

Improved
2023-2024

$0,00

Your earning thanks to the improved credit

$0,00

*It is important to note that the calculator is only designed to estimate the credit amount, which is presented for information purposes only. The estimate can differ from the credit applied to your bill, since the rates used to calculate the credit are those in effect at the time of the peak demand event. Your company is solely responsible for implementing the required curtailment measures and fulfilling the conditions of the rate option in order to receive the credit.

Detailed explanation of the credit

Starting in winter 2023-2024, a report detailing the credit applied to your electricity bill will be added to your company’s Customer Space or large-power customer portal, as applicable. Titled Details of the credit applied to the bill, the report can only be viewed by the account managers or representatives who are duly authorized to make changes to the Demand Response Option. For large-power customers, only the person in charge of access authorizations and the individuals designated by that person will have access to the report.

Report example – 2022‑2023

Calculation of effective interruptible power
Peak demand events Reference power (kW) Real power demand (kW) Power reduction (kW)
2022-12-22 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. 4,000 2,800.0 1,200
2023-02-01 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. 4,000 3,000.0 1,000
2023-02-03 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. 4,000 3,900.0 100
2023-02-03 – 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. 4,000 3,000.0 1,000
2023-02-23 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. 4,000 3,012.2 987.8
2023-03-01 – 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. 4,000 3,600.0 400
2023-03-02 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. 4,000 4,000.0 0
2021-03-04 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. 1,799.1 0.0 1,799.1
Calculation of the credit with the improved terms and conditions (2023–2024)
Blocks of power reduction Improved credit
($/kW of effective interruptible power)
Power demand reduction Credit
From 10 to 199 kW $71.025/kW 199.0 kW $14,133.98
More than 199 to 599 kW $65.561/kW 400.0 kW $26,224.40
More than 599 to 1,199 kW $60.098/kW 600.0 kW $36,058.80
More than 1,199 kW to 1,799 kW $54.635/kW 600.0 kW $32,781.00
More than 1,799 kW $49.171/kW 0.1 kW $4,920

Applicable credit according to the rate in effect on the date of the peak demand event.

Credit applied

$109,203.09

Calculation of the credit with the old terms and conditions (2022–2023)
Blocks of power reduction Applicable credit
($/kW of effective interruptible power)
Power demand reduction Credit
From 15 kW to 199 kW $66.690/kW 199.0 kW $13,271.310
More than 199 to 599 kW $61.560/kW 400.0 kW $24,624.000
More than 599 to 1,199 kW $56.430/kW 600.0 kW $33,858.000
More than 1,199 kW to 1,799 kW $51.300/kW 600.0 kW $30,780.000
More than 1,799 kW $46.170/kW 0.1 kW $4,620

Applicable credit according to the rate in effect on the date of the peak demand event.

Credit applied

Applicable credit according to the rate in effect on the date of the peak demand event.

Credit applied

$102,537.93

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Legal notice

The DR Option for business customers is currently the subject of a filing with the Régie de l’énergie (docket R‑4208‑2022). We will keep you updated on how the situation develops.

If you sign up for the option, we will send you information on the new terms and conditions once they have been finalized.