Quebec Hydroelectricity

• Hydro-Québec to spend up to $185 billion to increase capacity, reliability

  Hydro-Québec forecasts that by 2050 it will need to produce about twice as much power as it can now for homes and the province's growing industrial sector.

  Environment

  Nov 2, 2023
  
• Quebec premier inaugurates sprawling Romaine hydro project

  La Romaine is comprised of four power stations and is the largest hydro project constructed in the province since the Robert Bourassa generation facility.

  Environment

  Oct 12, 2023
  
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• ‘Unprecedented’: Hydro-Québec posts record-setting financial results in 2022

  Hydro-Québec presented its financial results for 2022 on Wednesday, boasting a net income of $4.557 billion, compared with $3.564 billion for the previous year.

  Economy

  Feb 22, 2023
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• Hydro-Québec president Sophie Brochu announces resignation, will leave post in April

  Sophie Brochu did not give a reason for her departure in a letter sent to employees but said it was time to "pass the baton."

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2023
• Hydro-Québec in U.S. court to save Maine power line after failed referendum

  The 336-kilometre project that would bring electricity from Quebec to Massachusetts was rejected in November 2021 in a referendum by Maine voters.

  Environment

  May 10, 2022
• Hydro-Québec awarded 25-year contract to power New York State

  The Champlain Hudson Power Express project involves the construction of an underground and sub-river transmission line stretching approximately 545 kilometres long.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2021
• Canada Energy Regulator gives green light to Hydro-Québec transmission line

  Hydro-Québec says work on the Appalaches-Maine Interconnection will begin in the coming weeks.

  Canada

  May 21, 2021
• Hydro-Québec, New York Power Authority ink mutual assistance deal amid COVID-19 crisis

  Hydro-Québec said its agreement with the New York Power Authority is in effect until September.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2020
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• New York officials tour Quebec Indigenous communities ahead of possible hydro deal

  Officials from New York City have been visiting Quebec's north to learn more about the impact a possible hydro power deal between the city and the provincial utility would have on Indigenous communities

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2019