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 Beaudin
Mayor of Sherbrooke

First Vice-President

Christian Laprise
Director of Hydro-Sherbrooke
Ville de Sherbrooke

Second Vice-President

Martin Vachon
Director of Hydro-Jonquière
Saguenay

Secretary-Treasurer

Pierre Fréchet
Hydro-Sherbrooke Advisor - Special Projects Department

Permanent AREQ

Simon Lacroix-Veilleux
Advisor/Analyst

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