Hydro-Québec delivers reliable electricity and high-quality services tailored to customers’ needs at competitive prices. By developing clean and renewable energy sources, Hydro-Québec is contributing to Québec’s collective wealth while playing a central role in moving towards a green, sustainable economy. As a recognized leader in hydropower and large transmission systems, Hydro-Québec helps its neighbors to reduce their carbon footprint by promoting the positive features of its energy. Given its conviction that innovation is the way forward, Hydro-Québec designs leading-edge solutions and shares its expertise in order to decarbonize the economy and optimize energy consumption.



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Feb 22, 2023, 07:00 ET /R E P E A T -- Media invitation - Presentation of Hydro-Québec's financial results for 2022/

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 21, 2023 /CNW/ -Hydro-Québec invites media representatives to a press conference on its 2022 financial results. The presentation will be followed by a question period. What...

Feb 21, 2023, 10:00 ET Media invitation - Presentation of Hydro-Québec's financial results for 2022

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 21, 2023 /CNW/ -Hydro-Québec invites media representatives to a press conference on its 2022 financial results. The presentation will be followed by a question period. What...

Feb 03, 2023, 06:00 ET Extreme cold: Hydro-Québec's tips to help reduce the peak

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 3, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec expects electricity consumption on Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, could exceed the historic high of about 40,500 megawatts (MW) reached in...

Feb 02, 2023, 10:00 ET THE COMMUNITY OF OPITCIWAN SOON TO BE POWERED BY A FOREST BIOMASS COGENERATION PLANT

NITASKINAN (TROIS-RIVIÈRES), QC, Feb. 2, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ - The Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan (CAO), Hydro-Québec (HQ) and the Société en commandite Onimiskiw Opitciwan (SCOO) have forged a...

Feb 02, 2023, 07:00 ET MEDIA INVITATION - PRESS CONFERENCE - BIOMASS COGENERATION PROJECT IN OPITCIWAN

NITASKINAN (TROIS-RIVIÈRES), QC, Feb. 2, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ - The Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan, Hydro-Québec and the Société en commandite Onimiskiw Opitciwan would like to invite the media to a...

Jan 31, 2023, 18:16 ET Hydro-Québec - Issue of Debentures Due February 15, 2063 on the Canadian Market

MONTREAL, Jan. 31, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec announces that it has negotiated on the Canadian domestic market the issue of CA$500,000,000 of Debentures, Series JS, maturing on February 15,...

Jan 30, 2023, 08:30 ET MEDIA INVITATION - PRESS CONFERENCE - BIOMASS COGENERATION PROJECT IN OPITCIWAN

NITASKINAN (TROIS-RIVIÈRES), QC, Jan. 30, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ - The Conseil des Atikamekw d'Opitciwan, Hydro-Québec and the Société en commandite Onimiskiw Opitciwan would like to invite the media to a ...

Jan 26, 2023, 14:57 ET Hydro-Québec - Issue of Medium Term Notes 3.40% Due September 1, 2029 on the Canadian Market

MONTREAL, Jan. 26, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec announces that it has negotiated on the Canadian domestic market the issue of new notes totaling CA$600,000,000, Series 0086 maturing on September...

Jan 19, 2023, 13:30 ET Update on the power outages that affected Québec during the 2022 holiday season

MONTRÉAL, Jan. 19, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ - From the morning of December 23 to December 25, a severe snowstorm with very high winds passed over Québec. Gusts of up to 110 km/h swept through most of the...

Jan 10, 2023, 10:26 ET Sophie Brochu to leave Hydro-Québec on April 11

MONTRÉAL, Jan. 10, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec's President and Chief Executive Officer, Sophie Brochu, has informed the Chair of the Board, Jacynthe Côté, that she will be stepping down on April ...

Dec 27, 2022, 14:42 ET Winter Storm: Hydro-Québec Provides an Update on the Outages

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 27, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Again today, more than a thousand workers are hard at work to restore service to customers who are still without power. To date, close to 650,000 customers have ...

Dec 26, 2022, 13:07 ET Winter Storm: Hydro-Québec Provides an Update on the Outages

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 26, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Thanks to more than a thousand workers on the ground every day, Hydro-Québec has restored service to 605 000 customers, or about 90% of all affected households, ...

Dec 25, 2022, 16:54 ET Media invitation - Update on the power outage situation

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 25, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec invites media representatives to a press briefing during which an update on the power outage situation will be given. What • Update on the power...

Dec 25, 2022, 11:39 ET Winter Storm: Hydro-Québec Provides an Update on the Outages

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 25, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Thanks to more than a thousand workers on the ground every day, Hydro-Québec has restored service to more than 400,000 customers on Christmas Day, or about 75%...

Dec 24, 2022, 13:39 ET Media invitation - Update on the power outage situation

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 24, 2022 /CNW/ - Hydro-Québec invites media representatives to a press briefing during which an update on the power outage situation will be given. What Update on the power outage...

Dec 24, 2022, 07:00 ET /R E P E A T -- Media invitation - Update on the power outage situation/

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 23, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec invites media representatives to a press briefing during which an update on the power outage situation will be given. What • Update on the power...

Dec 23, 2022, 17:46 ET Media invitation - Update on the power outage situation

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 23, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec invites media representatives to a press briefing during which an update on the power outage situation will be given. What • Update on the power...

Dec 23, 2022, 13:44 ET CHANGE OF LOCATION: Media invitation - Update on the power outage situation

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 23, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec invites media representatives to a press briefing during which an update on the power outage situation will be given. What • Update on the power...

Dec 23, 2022, 11:15 ET Media invitation - Update on the power outage situation

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 23, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec invites media representatives to a press briefing during which an update on the power outage situation will be given. What Update on the power...

Dec 19, 2022, 16:36 ET A new strategy to ensure that Québec's wind energy resources are developed to their full potential

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 19, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec welcomes the mandate it has received from the Québec government to ensure the optimal development of Québec's wind energy resources. A new...

Dec 07, 2022, 13:00 ET Report by the Auditor General: Hydro-Québec is already working to optimize system maintenance and reduce outages

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 7, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - In its report on preventive maintenance of power distribution assets, the Auditor General of Québec issued recommendations that Hydro-Québec endorses and has...

Dec 01, 2022, 13:26 ET Hydro-Québec uncovers electricity theft network in Lac-Saint-Jean: Charges laid

ROBERVAL QC, Dec. 1, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - After detecting an unusual use of electricity in April 2021, Hydro-Québec's corporate security teams uncovered an electricity theft network in July of the...

Dec 01, 2022, 06:10 ET Hydro-Québec salutes the significant contribution made by Jacynthe Côté as Chair of its Board of Directors

MONTRÉAL, Dec. 1, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Jacynthe Côté, the first woman to chair Hydro-Québec's Board of Directors, recently informed the Québec government that she would not stay on for a second term...

Nov 17, 2022, 11:53 ET Hydro-Québec - Issue of Debenture Due February 15, 2063 on the Canadian Market

MONTREAL, Nov. 17, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Hydro-Québec announces that it has negotiated on the Canadian domestic market the issue of CA$500,000,000 of Debentures, Series JS, maturing on February 15,...

Nov 16, 2022, 08:00 ET SWTCH Energy and the Electric Circuit announce expanded EV charging access for drivers in Canada and the United States

Drivers using the Electric Circuit and SWTCH apps can now access thousands more charging stations across North America. MONTRÉAL and TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - SWTCH Energy, a company...

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