Partners
Play a key role in energy efficiency
Financial support that really pays off!
Are you working with a customer on a project? Get us involved from the get-go and take advantage of our offers and programs so your customers benefit from financial support for the implementation of energy efficiency measures. You could also support your customers who sign up for the Demand Response Option so they receive a credit on their bill. Help your customers save money when they reduce and shift their energy use.
The right program
Many energy efficiency projects are eligible for financial support.
If your customer has a project in mind but isn’t sure where to begin, an energy analysis of buildings, equipment, processes or systems is a good place to start to identify the most promising energy efficiency measures. In addition to the financial support granted to conduct the analysis, bonus financing is available for analyses that combine energy efficiency and demand response management measures. And who knows? A participating company could choose you to carry out a project.
Learn more about energy analysis
Does your customer want to lead a renovation or construction project with measures in the OSE tool like installing heat pumps and heat recovery systems, adding regulation points or programming equipment?
Learn more about the Efficient Solutions Program
Does your installation or construction company install efficient equipment like heat pumps and thermal storage systems in houses, condos, multiplexes and residential buildings with no more than 19 units?
Learn more about the LogisVert Efficient Homes Program
Does your customer want to lead a complex or innovative project with measures that aren’t in the OSE tool?
Learn more about the Customized Option
Does your customer want to lead highly energy-efficient real estate projects?
Application process
For the Small Businesses component, Simplified Offer of the Medium and Large Businesses component, and Farming component of the Efficient Solutions Program use the OSE tool to confirm the eligibility of the measures, calculate the financial support and submit an application in just a few clicks.
Projects led under any of the other programs must be approved before being carried out.
Incentive compensation*
Receive incentive compensation when you help your customers implement energy efficiency and demand response management measures.
Here’s an overview.1
Efficient Solutions Program
Small Businesses component
10% of the financial support granted to your customers 2
(incentive compensation paid twice a year)
Medium and Large Businesses component – Simplified Option
5% of the financial support granted to your customers 3
(incentive compensation paid twice a year)
Medium and Large Businesses component – Customized Option
1¢ per kWh saved, up to a maximum of $50,000 for each project
(incentive compensation paid once the project is approved)
Farming component
Innovative Projects Program
Real estate sector
1¢ per kWh saved, up to a maximum of $50,000 for each project
(incentive compensation paid once the project is approved)
1 Terms and conditions apply. Refer to the participant’s guides.
2 The financial support must total at least $50,000 in the calendar year.
3 The financial support must total at least $200,000 in the calendar year.
We can help you find the best solution for you and your customers.
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We also have a host of other interesting programs and offers for your customers:
- Demand Response (DR) Option: To reduce power demand during peak periods.
- Electricity Management Systems Program: To optimize the electricity use of a customer whose annual bill exceeds $750,000.
- Technology and Business Demonstration Program: To better understand proven technologies whose viability in Québec has yet to be established.
- Cléo
: to electrify vehicle fleets through turnkey charging solutions - EVLO: A provider of fully integrated battery energy storage systems and solutions.
- Hilo: to reduce electricity use and take on energy-saving challenges during peak periods
Partners toolkit
Dunsky Energy + Climate decarbonization trajectories
Dunsky Energy + Climate designed efficient decarbonization trajectories in collaboration with Hydro‑Québec, the Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, and the main power distributors.
These guides outline priority measures in energy efficiency, demand response management and decarbonization in the following sectors :
Frequently asked questions
Partners support business customers throughout the process, fill out the required documentation and, since October 7, 2024, submit projects on their customers’ behalf in OSE 5.0. Customers are responsible for the information provided to Hydro‑Québec, and validating the data is therefore a very important step. Under the Efficient Solutions and Innovative Projects programs, partners may receive incentive compensation based on the scope of the project.
Aggregators submit projects involving one or more buildings owned, operated, occupied or being built by their customers on their behalf. Their customers must have previously filled out a notice of participation [PDF 706 kB ‑ in French only]. Aggregators receive financial support directly at the end of each project, as well as incentive compensation once or twice a year, when the minimum amount is reached. This role only exists under the Efficient Solutions Program, except for the Farming Component, for which only partners are eligible.
Any business or organization located in Québec is eligible, including:
- Specialized contractors
- Equipment distributors
- Engineering consulting firms
- Energy efficiency services companies
- Customer associations
- Members of these groups
Your customer must designate you as a partner. Hydro‑Québec will not make recommendations.
Under the Small Businesses component and the Medium and Large Businesses component’s Simplified Option of the Efficient Solutions Program, the compensation is paid twice a year provided the eligibility thresholds are met.
Under the Medium and Large Businesses component’s Customized Option of the Efficient Solutions and Innovative Projects programs, the compensation is paid as soon as the project is finished.
- Participant’s Guide – Efficient Solutions Program – Small Businesses [PDF 143 kB – In French only]
- Participant’s Guide – Efficient Solutions Program – Medium and Large Businesses Component [PDF 212 kB – in French only]
- Participant’s Guide – Efficient Solutions Program – Farming Component [PDF 146 kB – in French only]
- Participant’s Guide – Innovative Projects Program [PDF 229 kB – in French only]
For more information, please contact us.
Yes. Projects must be submitted for approval before being carried out, with the exception of projects submitted via the OSE tool, which do not require prior approval by Hydro‑Québec.
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