Statistics

  • There are nine municipal power utilities and one electricity cooperative in Quebec;
  • Together, the AREQ members serve some 171 000 customers mostly from the residential sector, representing about 3.5% of clients in Quebec;
  • Their combined maximum peak power demand in winter is over 1100 MW;
  • Each year, AREQ members purchase approximately 6 TWh from Hydro-Québec, amounting to a total bill of about $368 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

UtilitySubscribersAreaNumber of municipalities
ALMA5 55621 km²1
AMOS3 0126,2 km²1
BAIE-COMEAU4 940153 km²1
COATICOOK4 34229 km²3
JOLIETTE9 6919,3 km²3
MAGOG10 80920 km²1
WESTMOUNT10 2714 km²1
SAGUENAY21 991226 km²2
SHERBROOKE94 039500 km²12
ST-JEAN BAPT.6 903466 km²16
TOTAL171 5541 434,5km²41

Organigramme

Association des redistributeurs d'électricité du Québec

Board of directors

President

Evelyne Beaudin
Mayor of Sherbrooke

First Vice-President

David Seminaro
Director of Hydro-Sherbrooke
Ville de Sherbrooke

Second Vice-President

Martin Vachon
Energy consultant
Saguenay

Secretary-Treasurer

Pierre Fréchet
Hydro-Sherbrooke Advisor - Special Projects Department

Permanent AREQ

Simon Lacroix-Veilleux
Advisor/Analyst