Statistics
- There are nine municipal power utilities and one electricity cooperative in Quebec;
- Together, the AREQ members serve some 174 000 customers mostly from the residential sector, representing about 4% of clients in Quebec;
- Their combined maximum peak power demand in winter is over 1100 MW;
- Each year, AREQ members purchase approximately 6 TWh from Hydro-Québec, amounting to a total bill of about $410 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 | 5 659 | 21 km² | 1 |
| AMOS | 3 012 | 6,2 km² | 1 |
| BAIE-COMEAU | 4 945 | 153 km² | 1 |
| COATICOOK | 4 416 | 29 km² | 3 |
| JOLIETTE | 9 777 | 9,3 km² | 3 |
| MAGOG | 11 059 | 20 km² | 1 |
| WESTMOUNT | 10 264 | 4 km² | 1 |
| SAGUENAY | 22 314 | 226 km² | 2 |
| SHERBROOKE | 95 543 | 500 km² | 12 |
| ST-JEAN BAPT. | 6 912 | 466 km² | 16 |
| TOTAL | 173 901 | 1 434,5km² | 41 |
Organigramme
Association des redistributeurs d'électricité du Québec
Board of directors
Presidency
Marie-Claude BibeauMayor of the City of Sherbrooke
First Vice-President
David SeminaroDirector of Hydro-Sherbrooke
City of Sherbrooke
Second Vice-President
Martin VachonEnergy consultant
Saguenay
Secretary-Treasurer
Pierre FréchetEnergy consultant
Sherbrooke
Permanent AREQ
Simon Lacroix-VeilleuxAdvisor/Analyst