Statistics
- There are nine municipal power utilities and one electricity cooperative in Quebec;
- Together, the AREQ members serve some 168 000 customers mostly from the residential sector, representing about 3.5% of clients in Quebec;
- Their combined maximum peak power demand in winter is over 1000 MW;
- Each year, AREQ members purchase approximately 5.8 TWh from Hydro-Québec, amounting to a total bill of about $330 M;
- Four of these power utilities operate their own production stations: Coaticook, Magog, Saguenay, and Sherbrooke;
- AREQ members rely on 15 small production stations totalling 43 MW of installed capacity.
Other informations
| Utility | Subscribers | Area | Number of municipalities |
| ALMA | 5 532 | 21 km² | 1 |
| AMOS | 2 965 | 6,2 km² | 1 |
| BAIE-COMEAU | 4 941 | 153 km² | 1 |
| COATICOOK | 4 149 | 29 km² | 3 |
| JOLIETTE | 9 537 | 9,3 km² | 3 |
| MAGOG | 10 557 | 20 km² | 1 |
| WESTMOUNT | 10 275 | 4 km² | 1 |
| SAGUENAY | 21 636 | 226 km² | 2 |
| SHERBROOKE | 91 409 | 500 km² | 12 |
| ST-JEAN BAPT. | 6 827 | 466 km² | 16 |
| TOTAL | 167 828 | 1 434,5km² | 41 |
Organigramme
Association des redistributeurs d'électricité du Québec
Board of directors
President
Evelyne BeaudinMayor of Sherbrooke
First Vice-President
Christian LapriseDirector of Hydro-Sherbrooke
Ville de Sherbrooke
Second Vice-President
Martin VachonDirector of Hydro-Jonquière
Saguenay
Secretary-Treasurer
Pierre FréchetHydro-Sherbrooke Advisor - Special Projects Department
Permanent AREQ
Simon Lacroix-VeilleuxAdvisor/Analyst