Demand Response Option
Credit
By managing your power demand, you’ll be helping Hydro-Québec meet its customers’ needs, as cost-effectively as possible. That’s why the credit offered under the DR Option really pays off. The greater your efforts, the more you save on your bill.
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:
| 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 | $49.171 |
| Blocks of power reduction |
Applicable credit ($/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
$0,00
*It is important to note that the calculator is only designed to estimate the credit amount, which is presented for information purposes only. The estimate can differ from the credit applied to your bill, since the rates used to calculate the credit are those in effect at the time of the peak demand event. Your company is solely responsible for implementing the required curtailment measures and fulfilling the conditions of the rate option in order to receive the credit.
Detailed explanation of the credit
Starting in winter 2023-2024, a report detailing the credit applied to your electricity bill will be added to your company’s Customer Space or large-power customer portal, as applicable. Titled Details of the credit applied to the bill, the report can only be viewed by the account managers or representatives who are duly authorized to make changes to the Demand Response Option. For large-power customers, only the person in charge of access authorizations and the individuals designated by that person will have access to the report.
Report example – 2022‑2023
| Peak demand events | Reference power (kW) | Real power demand (kW) | Power reduction (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-22 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 4,000 | 2,800.0 | 1,200 |
| 2023-02-01 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 4,000 | 3,000.0 | 1,000 |
| 2023-02-03 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 4,000 | 3,900.0 | 100 |
| 2023-02-03 – 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. | 4,000 | 3,000.0 | 1,000 |
| 2023-02-23 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 4,000 | 3,012.2 | 987.8 |
| 2023-03-01 – 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. | 4,000 | 3,600.0 | 400 |
| 2023-03-02 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 4,000 | 4,000.0 | 0 |
| 2021-03-04 – 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 1,799.1 | 0.0 | 1,799.1 |
| Blocks of power reduction |
Improved credit ($/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.
$109,203.09
| Blocks of power reduction |
Applicable credit ($/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.
$102,537.93
Other useful information
- Calculation of Effective Interruptible Power and Examples of Application [PDF 752 kB]
- Conditions of Service [PDF 1,58 MB]
- Helping you understand your electricity rate
- Helping you understand the concepts related to power and power demand
- Detailed description of the service charges associated with your contract
- Glossary
- See our offers related to demand response
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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.