Hydro-Québec Solutions Efficaces
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Eligibility & Details
What this program funds and who can apply
Program Description
Incentive program covering up to 90% of eligible costs for small businesses (rate G/Flex G) and up to 75% for medium and large businesses, for energy-efficiency, electrification, and demand-management projects at commercial, institutional, industrial, and agricultural facilities on the Hydro-Québec grid. Refreshed to version 6.0 on March 31, 2026 with a major thermal-envelope incentive overhaul (up to 20x some OSE 5.1 amounts), a new photovoltaic-panel measure, and continued (but capped, at 15% of eligible costs vs 75% for standard existing-building efficiency) support for electrifying fossil-fuelled process heat. The applicable OSE version depends on the project's work-start date. Prescriptive ('simplified') pathway via the OSE online tool for standard measures; customized pathway for complex or innovative projects. Projects can claim up to $5 million (incentive), plus $50,000 (efficiency only) or $60,000 (with demand-response measures) separately for an energy analysis.
Eligibility Requirements
- Commercial, institutional, industrial, or agricultural facility located in Quebec
- Hydro-Québec business customer (or customer of eligible alternative electricity source)
- Facility uses electricity for the retrofitted end-use, OR project electrifies an existing fossil-fuel process
- Project measures result in verifiable energy savings, demand reduction, or electrification of process heat
- Project is implemented in one or more buildings in Quebec that the business owns, operates, occupies, or is constructing
- Equipment meets Hydro-Québec's efficiency specifications (for prescriptive measures) or passes a custom-measure technical review
- Energy-analysis support (a separate, optional component) additionally requires the facility to consume at least 1 GWh/year (reference consumption) — this condition applies only to the Energy Analysis component, not to standard efficiency/electrification measures.
- Residential buildings with at least 20 dwelling units (existing or new) are eligible under the Small and Medium/Large components; the residential exclusion applies to individual unit owners, not 20+-unit multi-residential buildings.
Quick Assessment
Funding Details
- Amount
- Up to $5,000,000 per project (incentive), plus up to $50,000 (efficiency only) or $60,000 (with demand-response measures) for an energy analysis, paid 40% on report approval and 60% after implementing at least one analysed measure
- Type
- Grant
- Level
- Provincial
- Co-Funding
- Up to 90% of eligible costs
- Deadline
- Ongoing (continuous intake)
Program Scorecard
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How to Win
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Insider TipThe OSE 6.0 refresh overhauled thermal-envelope incentives and added a new photovoltaic measure, and custom-path electrification of fossil-fuel process heat remains supported — but at a lower rate than standard efficiency work: if your Quebec operation still runs natural-gas boilers, process heaters, or oil-fired dryers, the custom path covers the least of 45 cents/kWh saved, the amount for 1-year payback, 15% of eligible costs (vs 75% for standard existing-building efficiency, or exceptionally 75% of the incremental cost over a reference scenario with Hydro-Québec approval), and $5M.
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Evaluation Criteria
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- 13-document checklist with what each reviewer is actually checking
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- 7-step application timeline with prep hours per step
- Insider tip from program officers on what separates winners
- 5-program stacking strategy to combine with compatible funding
- Success profile + evaluation criteria — exactly what reviewers score on
Application Playbook
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Application Steps
Required Documents 13
Eligible Expenses 9
Ineligible Expenses 6
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Funding Stack Strategy
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